Polyester Brew in bag? Food safe?
Bruey
brew in bag sounded cool, and mashing is less than boiling point... any
studies on qualities of 'polyester' of standard net curtain grade origin
vis-a-vis food safety???
Bruey
I mean I see on the net, polyester cook in bag coatings rated for 400f...
Bruey
suppose, could just do free form grain boil and then once fast cooled
strain through voile... lower temp... safer... ? and need to aerate at
this stage anyway... ???
ah sparge/mash no cool before hop boil in standard process.... but
still... shorter contact with voile just filtering... ??? guess its
experiment time, though any thoughts on non australian-rugby attitude to
voile safety appreciated :)
Bruey
guess its just cheapskate not being able to afford fine stainless
mesh... :)
who does it?
Bruey
ah... substitute for time.. ??? no ultra fine mesh... settling? Oirish
moss?
Mark Allread
Who are you talking to?
This group seems pretty quiet since most ISPs stopped carrying
newsgroups. Sorry that I've never tried the product you're discussing,
so I have no opinion.
Doug Freyburger
I remember getting a brew-in-a-bag kit at Trader Joes years ago. The
bag came with malt and hops already mixed in it. Add boiling water,
shake to dissolve, let cool until it's pleasant to touch, add the yeast,
set aside to ferment with the pressure release valve up. I don't know
what plastic those kits were made of but the turkey baking bags will
work the same way.
Brewing in a bag is okay as a starting point for a rank beginner. It
you have a keg it would seem like a step back. Do it for the fun of it.
Zymogod
> Who are you talking to?
> This group seems pretty quiet since most ISPs stopped carrying
> newsgroups. Sorry that I've never tried the product you're discussing,
> so I have no opinion.
>
So that's what happened. I've been wondering why this is so dead.
Where are folks going now?
Doug Freyburger
I think effect and cause - ISPs dropping newsgroups has driven traffic
low. I think effect and cause - Number of users demanding UseNet has
dropped so ISPs tend to think it's no longer worth maintaining servers.
> Where are folks going now?
I switched to enteral-september. If you mean where other than UseNet
that would be web boards. The only brewing oriented one I an on is the
Mr Beer community that I rarely even read.
Bruey
yes, I'm following up to myself, I find posing the question can present
some possible answers myself, but anyone with any knowledge of general
safety level of 100% polyester (general production method for voile) in
70-80C water would help by posting what they know.
seems polyester is actually used as a food cooking/browning packaging so
one form of it is 'food safe', just wondering about general standards of
polyester production, intend soaking it in hot water first so to leech out
major burst of any resdidues if any.
Its for the the Oz mash in bag (biab) method, where all grains can just be
removed using swiss voile (100% polyester net curtain) grain bag/insert
and same boiler used for boil.
dan
Bruey
yeah, just making a move to a dme and small amount of grain 2-3 gallon hop
boil make up rest (40pint) with cold water, and wondering how best to
strain grain, a stainless mesh insert probably ideal, wondering what
micron pore best size
see this site has 25.8 micron mesh, is that too fine? 77 micron better?
http://www.wovenwire.co.uk/plainweave.htm?gclid=CO3FuKmlu6ICFZFh4wodU0sq6Q
tepe
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