I might become a BIAB convert

[jeffpn]

I used about 6 gallons with a bag. I never worried about the grain to water ratio. Sparge with about 2 to get 7.5 preboil. I put the grain bag in a bucket on an upside down colander and dumped a gallon at a time over it.

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Biab has a lot of upsides , I do squeeze my bag a little and have the charlie p sparge bucket rig .
I use 25 litres mash and 7 litres sparge and recently added a pump to recirc the mash

 

[The Green Man]

Go for it. I'm still relatively new to it, but it seems to give great results with very little equipment and not that much effort. Though I am doing 9 litre (almost 2 gallon batches)...

 

[soccerdad]

I almost exclusively do all grain BIAB, so I cannot compare to other methods such as 3 vessel brewing, but I see no reason to move away from BIAB .. It works too we'll.

A few things:
- I brew indoors on a 17,000 BTU natural glss flame. I think I get better control of flame and heat indoors. On rare occasions I will go outside for a batch on the 16G kettle.
- I use bags from Mike Wilser (wilserbrewer) In my opinion, these cannot be beat. Strong, kettle fitted, high quality voile .
- I crush with a Victoria hand crank mill (It's part of my brewing therapy).
-The crush is just right for about 80% mash efficiency. Even though it is not fine like flour.
- I don't squeeze much. I have a colander that fits on an old 5G starter kettle, and if I set the bag on there with a weight like a panini press, I get enough wort out of the grain to meet my needs. Pouring a cup or two of RO water through the draining bag is enough rinse IMO. If I didn't have the colander set up, I would do the Charlie P thing with 2 buckets.