BIAB 2012
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PURCHASE OF A
3 GALLON BREW IN A BAG (BIAB) ALL-GRAIN SYSTEM
THIS TECHNIQUE FOR BREWING HOMEMADE BEER FROM SCRATCH IS SIMPLE, REWARDING
AND ENJOYABLE. PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST BREW DAY.
BEFORE BREWING
BREWING PROCEDURE
These instructions assume familiarity with basic homebrewing procedures such as boiling wort, fermentation, siphoning, and bottling.
MASHING
LAUTERING
1. Crush the grain in a mill (if not ordered pre-crushed).
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
2. Collect water in boil/mash kettle. For most 3–gallon recipes, start with 5.5 gallons of good-quality drinking water. It’s easier to adjust after the boil if the final wort volume is under 3 gallons than vice versa.
9. Remove & drain the grist. Carefully lift the mesh bag out of the kettle—the grist, liquid, kettle, and bag will be hot! Let the bag drain into your kettle (or into a bucket or spare pot) by resting the double-mesh strainer on top of your kettle and by setting the grain bag inside.
Any collected liquid remaining in the kettle is the preboil wort—for most recipes, there should be approximately 4 gallons at this point.
-- A Northern Brewer Starter kit with fermenting, siphoning, and bottling equipment
-- Northern Brewer 3 Gallon BIAB all grain system
-- A kettle with a capacity of at least 7.5 gallons
-- A 3 gallon carboy, with bung and airlock, to use as a secondary fermenter (you may choose to skip the secondary fermentation and add an additional week to primary fermentation before bottling)
-- Approximately one case of pry-off style beer bottles, or a 3 gallon keg
KIT INVENTORY
-- 2 ct, Brewmaster’s mesh filter bag
-- High Temp Digital Thermometer
-- Mash Paddle
-- Long Stainless Steel Spoon
-- Large Double-mesh Strainer
-- Caribou Slobber Recipe Kit w/yeast and priming sugar
3. Heat water to approximately 160° F—or to 8–10 degrees warmer than the mash temperature specified by your recipe kit (most recipes call for a mash temperature between
3 GALLON BREW IN A BAG (BIAB) ALL-GRAIN SYSTEM
THIS TECHNIQUE FOR BREWING HOMEMADE BEER FROM SCRATCH IS SIMPLE, REWARDING
AND ENJOYABLE. PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST BREW DAY.
BEFORE BREWING
BREWING PROCEDURE
These instructions assume familiarity with basic homebrewing procedures such as boiling wort, fermentation, siphoning, and bottling.
MASHING
LAUTERING
1. Crush the grain in a mill (if not ordered pre-crushed).
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
2. Collect water in boil/mash kettle. For most 3–gallon recipes, start with 5.5 gallons of good-quality drinking water. It’s easier to adjust after the boil if the final wort volume is under 3 gallons than vice versa.
9. Remove & drain the grist. Carefully lift the mesh bag out of the kettle—the grist, liquid, kettle, and bag will be hot! Let the bag drain into your kettle (or into a bucket or spare pot) by resting the double-mesh strainer on top of your kettle and by setting the grain bag inside.
Any collected liquid remaining in the kettle is the preboil wort—for most recipes, there should be approximately 4 gallons at this point.
-- A Northern Brewer Starter kit with fermenting, siphoning, and bottling equipment
-- Northern Brewer 3 Gallon BIAB all grain system
-- A kettle with a capacity of at least 7.5 gallons
-- A 3 gallon carboy, with bung and airlock, to use as a secondary fermenter (you may choose to skip the secondary fermentation and add an additional week to primary fermentation before bottling)
-- Approximately one case of pry-off style beer bottles, or a 3 gallon keg
KIT INVENTORY
-- 2 ct, Brewmaster’s mesh filter bag
-- High Temp Digital Thermometer
-- Mash Paddle
-- Long Stainless Steel Spoon
-- Large Double-mesh Strainer
-- Caribou Slobber Recipe Kit w/yeast and priming sugar
3. Heat water to approximately 160° F—or to 8–10 degrees warmer than the mash temperature specified by your recipe kit (most recipes call for a mash temperature between