I brewed a porter on Sunday.  It was my first chance to try the brew bag and I am a big fan.  My mash tun cleanup was super simple.  I removed the grain and bag and placed it in a kitchen garbage bag so it did not leak as I carried it out to the compost pile.  I them simply dumped the bag out, rinsed it out, and hung it to dry. I ended up running close to 90% efficiency so my OG ended up at 1.059  which should result in a 6-6.2% ABV beer.  I wonder if the bag actually helped improve the efficiency?  Perhaps reducing channeling down the side of the mash tun?   Five days in and the gravity has dropped to 1.018.  I expect a drop of 6 to 8 more points in the next few days.  The sample was nice and hoppy so I do not plan on dry hopping.

I waited until this Sunday because my grain came in from my clubs group buy.  Homebrew clubs commonly work with a local brewery to do bulk buys once or twice a year.  I was able to pick up a 100lb of 2-row for $0.61/lb.  I also picked up a 55# sack of Maris Otter and Pilsen malt.

Now on to planning my big barleywine.