All-Grain Brewing With Mash Tun?

[HappyWarrior]

EDIT: Bloody typo in title. Should be 'All-Grain Brewing WITHOUT Mash Tun?'!


I'm an avid brewer but looking to get my Dad involved.

Budget is low and I can't afford to buy a mash tun for him or send him the equipment to make one.

Is it possible to steep the grains in a cook pot (controlling temp, of course) and then strain them out?

I see the kits through folks like Brooklyn Brew Shop suggest this - has anyone had any luck?

Just looking to send him equipment to make small 1gallon batches to pass the time; that's enough for him at his age.

 

[Zinc_Saucier]

Yup, check out brew in a bag (BIAB). There's a sub forum here on HBT

 

[Bobcatbrewing42]

The BIAB is OK but eventually making a mashtun from a cooler or a keg is easy, cheap and you get better efficiency.

 

[McKnuckle]

There's nothing inherently better about a traditional mash tun vs. BIAB. With BIAB you simply mash in a kettle using a bag as your "manifold." It's just a different apparatus serving the very same purpose.

 

[beergolf]

Another. vote for BIAB.

Doing 1 gallon batches is super easy with BIAB. You just need a pot and a paint strainer bag. He may already have a pot that is big enough, so only the couple of bucks for the bags is required.

Easy to do in the kitchen.

 

[Imx3]

I just did my first AG, used a BIAB in a cooler I had laying around (3gal batch). Then I dumped in pot and boiled.
The cooler was last second, I was planning on doing it in the kettle but figured why struggle to maintain temp.

 

[stansoid]

+1 for BIAB

If his oven can go as low as 150, he is laughing.. just put the pot into the pre-warmed oven for an hour.