This comment sparked the thread:
So you do a 2 vessel BIAB? This is a setup that I was planning on exploring, but was worried about the bag getting stuck in the ball valve/spigot.RubberToe wrote: wondering if doing a vorlauf / recirculation helped there.
I drop a few degrees on my mash, as I'm sure most of you BIABers do, and want to do something about it. This way I can mow the lawn and tend to the bbq, instead of babysitting a mash and either adding water or flame.
I've wanted to insulate a 10Gal-ish kettle and fit it with a rough screen. Basically a mash tun without the false bottom or fancy manifold (and the associated costs, most importantly), but still do a big ~8gal water mash, BIAB style. The bag itself will be responsible for keeping the grain out of the wort. It allows a vorlauf to happen, I don't have to lift the bag (^_^), and I feel like a nice happy medium can be struck between a standard 3 vessel brew and a BIAB.
Thoughts? Am I over-complicating the simplicity of BIAB to gain marginal yields in clarity and mash stability?