Tony's New Zealand IPA All Grain Homebrew Brew in a Bag Part 1

[WayneABotha]

Hi Steeljan - I enjoy your videos - keep them coming.

[Tsalts]

Great video! I use a grain bag in my make shift mash tun i.e. my bottling bucket that I strap a heavy blanket and some towels to. I collect the first runnings into a fermenter bucket and then sparge by pouring 170 degree water over the top of the grains and after letting that sit for 10 minutes I collect the remaining amount of wort I need to reach just over 6 gallons.

[steeljan]

@Tsalts Sounds like a great idea there. Cheers!

[terpsichoreankid]

Great first part SteelJan--I'm looking forward to the second! Sorry to hear about the technical troubles with this shoot--I feel your pain. I'm currently in the process of wanting to upgrade, but am terrified to mess with something that is already working! :-)  I can't wait to see the tasting on this video--I hope your reaction is as good as the one you shot at AHB! Cheers!

[steeljan]

@terpsichoreankid I'll be editing part 2 today, back in good old Windows Live Movie Maker. Yeah, I thought using wazoo new software would let me do so many more cool things, instead, it just kept screwing up. Can't use any wazoo features if normal editing doesn't even work right!

Yeah, hope this turns out close to Tony's. I didn't put in the sugar and used one less Beano tablet. Wanted less alcohol and less chance for stomach upset. ;-)

Cheers!

[conduct623]

Yeah, I also like your step mash method, just wondering how you can do that using a coleman cooler as a mash tun.

[steeljan]

@conduct623 Guess you'd have to run it through BeerSmith or Beer Tools Pro, etc, and calculate water temps and quantities to add to the mash tun to arrive at the step temps.

[faroutadventures]

Super video. I like your brewing style. Very informative. The step mash. I like it.

[steeljan]

@faroutadventures Thanks. My cameras were dying when I explained what the 158F was for, so that didn't make it into the video. The 158F releases the alpha amalyse enzymes from the grains, which pulls out not only maltose but additional unfermentable sugars, so the beer will have a little sweetness, not totally dry, and more character. Cheers!

[jturie]

Hey, is that your ol' puppy dog I saw roaming around early on?

Funny, I just did an all-grain New Zealand IPA last week....just Nelson Sauvin because my LHBS couldn't get Riwaka. Smells awesome, very similar recipe to yours grain-wise. I pitched on top of my APA yeast cake and the ferm went NUTZ, but temps got to 74F!  Gonna give it 3 weeks in the fermenter.

[steeljan]

@jturie Betsy, Belle, and Louie were "helping" me, or should I say "supervising" LOL!! Jinks stayed in the house the whole day.

I'm anxious to see how this turns out. Yeah, that Riwaka should have plenty of grapefruit-citrus to add to the brew. Tony told me he's been playing with citrus hoppy beers a lot lately and this one should be a citrus bomb. Can't wait.

Isn't that amazing how pitching on a yeast cake just roars?! I did that a few batches back and had a mess the next morning. ;-)

[jakecpunut]

Brewing can be enough to keep up with without videoing huh? haha.. Good job though, it'll be worth all the effort when you get to taste that awesome batch!

[steeljan]

@jakecpunut Ain't it the truth! LOL! Cheers!