Heat sparge water in the Mash and Boil and transfer to a smaller 5gal cooler.Ĥ. My primary system is a DIY 240v RIMS system that I use ~9 months of the year.ġ. I only use my Mash and Boil on super cold winter days in the house. If you want to get a higher abv, while strictly using the Mash and Boil, you can always add some DME or LME.Īnother idea: keep your cooler mash tun and use the Mash and Boil to heat up strike water and for a boil kettle. Brewhouse Efficiency: To compensate for the lower efficiency you will achieve in a high gravity beer and force the program to use more grains, you need to lower your brewhouse efficiency number in your BeerSmith equipment profile by 5-15. That's with a target fermenter volume of 5.25gal. I only picked up a few gravity points by recirculating. I use a DC powered small solar pump from Amazon ($25). I can get up to a 7.5% abv beer with about 70-72% brewhouse efficiency with the Mash and Boil. Support for juices, fruits and honey in any beverage including beer. Support for Mead, Wine and Cider (and Beer) including hundreds of new ingredients, new styles and tools for making these beverages. Not that I do a lot of high ABV brews, but I'm just trying to get an idea of how limited I would be.Ĭlick to expand.I'm not OP, but I've had a Mash and Boil for a little over a year. A streamlined and updated user interface that hides unused fields and customizes views and reports to the task at hand. The Brewers Edge Mash & Boil from Williams Brewing has one of the lowest. Just open up a new recipe, select mead (for example) and start adding honey, fruit, yeast and nutrients. profile and bitterness of 15/30/60-minute boil additions. A low ME can always be fixed by just adding more grain, but not if your max boil volume is something like 6 gallons. The new version of BeerSmith supports mead, wine and cider recipe types in the same way that it supports all-grain, extract and partial mash beer recipe types making BeerSmith an all-in-one solution. My main concern isn't necessarily low mash efficiency, but the 7.5 gallon size. what sort of mash efficiency can you expect from this system? I assume it will be low due to it being BIAB, but I'm also thinking I could buy a wort pump and recirculate during the mash, which I expect would help. I read your review and it gave a lot of great information, thanks! But I did have a question that you didn't mention. Looking to go e-BIAB primarily to shorten the day, but also simplify and to be able to brew inside. I've been brewing all grain with a cooler Mash Tun, Hot Liquor Tank, propane burner setup, and my brew days are long. It seems like a great bang for your buck. I'm looking to buy one of the Mash and Boil electric e-BIAB systems. Sorry to revive a year+ old thread, but I thought I'd ask here so others can see, rather than PM you.

Beersmith 3 mash and boil profile