Home Brew Forums > Home Brewing Beer > Beginners Beer Brewing Forum > forgot to buy steeping bag - alternative?




Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-04-2012, 01:41 AM   #1
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 32
Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts

Default forgot to buy steeping bag - alternative?

I've done a couple kits and they came with all the consumables. Today i went to the lhbs and bought a recipe.

I didn't really go through what i bought until I got home.

First I noticed they did not give me any cinnamon. My wife has tons of that so no issue.

Then i realized they didn't put a steeping bag in my box.

Anyway, i don't want to drive back just for that, what's a good alternative i might have at home or a local grocery store?

Thanks
Greg


gregfreemyer is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 01:44 AM   #2
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
 
kellzey's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: orlando, FL
Posts: 309
Liked 14 Times on 12 Posts
Likes Given: 4

Default

Pantyhose?

Cheese cloth?

If you can go to home depot, get a paint strainer bag?


__________________
Black Pug Brewing - Progress Thread

In the fermenter: Pugkin Ale, Apfelwein
In the keezer: Black Pug Coconut Porter, Black Pug Wheat, Black Pug IPA
Gone: Black Pug Blonde Ale
kellzey is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 01:26 AM   #3
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
 
runningweird's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: State Line, PA, Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,894
Liked 60 Times on 44 Posts
Likes Given: 42

Default

old cotton t shirt tired with butchers twine.
__________________
My 6 Tap Long Draw Tower Build:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/long-draw-salt-water-chilled-beer-tower-271578/
runningweird is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 01:54 AM   #4
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,373
Liked 114 Times on 111 Posts

Default

5 gallon paint straining bag. Can be cleaned and re-used.

When I started 15 years ago, I just used a strainer with a handle and scooped the grains out of the pot. Swirled it around several times and got most out. No problem.
Calder is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 02:17 AM   #5
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 122
Liked 3 Times on 3 Posts

Default

Cheese cloth, but you may have to split your grains up into multiple smaller bags.
mikecshultz is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 02:22 AM   #6
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Grapeville, PA
Posts: 150
Liked 11 Times on 10 Posts
Likes Given: 7

Default

Laundry bags (the kind you wash delicates in) work great. They're no more than 2 or 3 bucks and they come in different sizes. You can even get them with a zipper so that you can just toss it in and stir away without dealing with untying the bag when you're done.
kaboom133 is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 04:02 AM   #7
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 13
Default

You can steep the grains in your bottling or fermenting bucket then pour out the contents through a strainer. I can't remember which one, but I saw this o an episode of brewing tv
Voraus is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 03:30 PM   #8
'tis himself
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Chicago, Il
Posts: 764
Liked 99 Times on 67 Posts
Likes Given: 13

Default

+1 on the cheese cloth... it's a very versatile thing to have around.

i would go to the local grocery and get some just to have around.
dadshomebrewing is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 04:25 PM   #9
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: rural, ohio
Posts: 340
Liked 52 Times on 35 Posts
Likes Given: 10

Default

Ive used a ss wire mesh strainer quite a bit, you can even sparge in them
__________________
P1 Strawberry bannna melomel
p2 mixed berry cyser
p3 lemon ginger melomel
2 gallon fermenting kit is OTW!!!
huntingohio is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Old 11-04-2012, 04:28 PM   #10
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Nooksack, Washington (WA)
Posts: 812
Liked 11 Times on 10 Posts
Likes Given: 8

Default

just use a dirty sock lol


__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by CthulhuDreaming View Post
As a parent, hearing nuggets of parenting wisdom from someone who's never had kids is a bit like hearing sex advice from a virgin.
http://whatalesyou.webs.com/
snccoulter is offline
 
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Reply

Quick Reply
Message:
Options
Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Forgot steeping grains! HappyDrunk Beginners Beer Brewing Forum 5 04-16-2012 11:26 PM
grain steeping - forgot muslin bag BullGator Extract Brewing 5 12-31-2011 05:20 PM
Alternative to US-05? Graeme Extract Brewing 14 07-04-2009 03:07 AM
WLP 500 alternative Ronster General Beer Discussion 19 05-29-2009 01:57 PM
Cold-Steeping Malt Grains vs. High-Temp Steeping Legitikick All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing 2 01-21-2008 03:04 AM



FOLLOW US ON