I ended up with 3.25 gallons at 1.055 in the fermenter. I was hoping for 3 gallons in the low 1.050s.Finally got around to using the Wilser bag I won a while back predicting a Superbowl outcome. View attachment 747365
Contact them and ask what they need for measurements. I’ve bought bags from both The Brew Bag and Wilser and have exchanged info via email regarding measurements required.For those who have, how accurate do we need to be with measurements? For example, I know my pots bottom diameter is a bit smaller than top diameter. Should I try to give both? Do I need to measure how much distance is between the top rim and the handles?
Just to note that my bag is labeled "Made in the Philippines."The primary reason I'm not selling The Brew Bag is where it's manufactured. When I had conversations with the owner, and found that the wholesale price to me was going to be substantially higher than Wilser, I was shocked to find that they were sewn in China. So, what we have here is a rare case where the product made in the U.S. is cheaper.
I used the same method for cleaning the Brew Bag until, earlier this year, I left the bag in the plastic trash bag until the next day. I picked up the bag, tied it shut, and took it, with the rest of our accumulated trash, to the community dumpster. It wasn’t until my next brew day, when the Brew Bag wasn’t hanging on the snap tie in our basement utility room, that I realized that I had thrown it away with the spent grains. Doh.Cleanup involves slipping a plastic bag over the Brew Bag while it's hanging, then reaching in and under, grabbing the Brew Bag at the bottom where the straps cross, turning the Brew Bag upside down and dumping the spent grain into the plastic bag. A shake and a rinse, and all the grain is gone. The bag dries in about an hour.
I made that mistake -- once. Now I always make sure the straps are on the outside of the bag.The bag sucks to clean with grain getting stuck in the webbing straps sewed into it, that's been my only gripe.... Plus no webbing straps to dig grain out of.
Don't forget, you agreed to include me in your will.All of mine are Wilser bags. ... They'll probably be passed along in my estate after I'm gone.
So is The Brew Bag.Wilser, buy American!
So is The Brew Bag.
Brew onI'll chime in on this. For full transparency, I sell Wilser bags at BrewHardware.com so there is a possibility of bias regardless of how much I don't intend it.
The primary reason I'm not selling The Brew Bag is where it's manufactured. When I had conversations with the owner, and found that the wholesale price to me was going to be substantially higher than Wilser, I was shocked to find that they were sewn in China. So, what we have here is a rare case where the product made in the U.S. is cheaper.
To be quite clear, my profit on both products would have been the same. I figure it's win-win to support a local craftsman while offering the lower price to the customer.
I personally use the Wilser bag for all my own brewing and I'm on batch number 41 with the same bag.
So is The Brew Bag.
I assumed mine was US made simply because I emailed back and forth with them regarding measurements to fit my Mash&Boil, trying to get one that extended to fit around the outside of the kettle to prevent grains from falling between the malt pipe and the kettle. I was asked to send measurements and I sent pictures as well. The speed in receiving the bag makes it hard to believe it was made in China. Disappointingly, the bag still does NOT fit the outside of the M&B kettle. I think the stiffness of The Brew Bag makes it problematic. I ended up with a Wilser that fits beautifully. Obviously, I’m unhappy about the amount of money spent on two.
Sounds like that chipper/shredder might come in handy if you ever want to brew a beer from an oak tree...anyone ever try using a chipper/shredder bag for BIAB? (just curious, i got a chipper recently and i was eyeing the bag it came with....lol)
I can hear the acorns in his dryer alreadySounds like that chipper/shredder might come in handy if you ever want to brew a beer from an oak tree...
Sounds like that chipper/shredder might come in handy if you ever want to brew a beer from an oak tree...
I can hear the acorns in his dryer already
Sounds like that chipper/shredder might come in handy if you ever want to brew a beer from an oak tree...
I prefer the klemheist. Faster to hitch, a lot faster to unhitch, especially after an imperial load.
https://www.netknots.com/rope_knots/klemheist-knot
I use my chipper/shredder for humans. I would not want to mix human remains with the beer I'm making.
I have both the Brew In A Bag and a Wilser bag.
I really like the convenience of the Brew In a Bag and the four straps and the loops. Makes it easy to gather up the straps put them on snap hook and raise up the bag.
A Wilser bag has the two ends of the rope that draws and cinches the bag close. Does anybody know if a reliable knot that I can use to close up the bag and tie it onto a snap hook close to the bag end of the rope.
All good answers above. I prefer hitches that are easier to tie and release. Still serious hitches used by climbers, rope rescue, etc.
Tie a short loop or use the loop Wilser usually provides. Use that loop to tie a Prusik (Sunday) hitch or better yet a klemheist.
What he said. Lift it until the bag is under a little tension, then choke up on it with another short snotter down low. Push it down close to the grain ball. Best way is to take a piece of 1/4 double braid or similar, and make a Constrictor Knot, AKA Miller's Knot, around the bag. Don't use the Double version and take care that you do not tie a simple clove hitch, which is not secure enough. Snap the two bitter ends tightly to tighten this knot up good, and it will not slip on you. Tie the two bitter ends into very short Bowlines. Hook your hook into both bowlines and lift.
Alternately you could lay up a short grommet in 3 strand rope, or tie two ends of a short piece of line together with a square knot, and Lark's Head AKA Cow Hitch this loop around the bag and hook the hook into the leftover bight. You have to cinch it up good and tight or it will slip, but once it is jammed up good it should be secure enough. Don't sue me if it isn't, please.
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