The Malt Miller | A Beginners Guide to Brew in a Bag All Grain Brewing

[@hedgerowpete]

The biggest problem by far with all the YT brew channels is the simple fact that they all want you to spend £1000's on kit. No one ever does BIAB and SMASH brews anymore. If its not a million quid its below their level. I love the way we can buy pre design recipes on your site and get the ingrediants delivered presorted. Brilliant video many thanks. Home brew is only for white middle aged men with £5000 budgets. We need far more beginners with small budgets videos

[@themaltmiller8438]

Love this comment buddy 👍🏻 We feel strongly that all grain brewing is something that you can get into on any budget and then as and when you need to you can add to your equipment.

[@hedgerowpete]

Cheers all. Homebrew has become a rich mans hobby. Its also very elitist and overly complicated when it does not have to be. Your videos brings hope that reality still holds some where.

[@benjijohns3615]

Awesome video! You guys are my gateway into all grain! ❤

[@themaltmiller8438]

Glad to hear it!!!!

[@ArthurPopeye]

You guys are the Amazon of beer homebrewing. You are killing it.

[@James-sf5bb]

Absolutely smashing videos fellas. This will help a lot of people getting into the basics of all grain brewing. Show casing the fact, you don’t need all this special equipment. A trip down memory lane, i brewed some fantastic beer using this method 👍🏻 top work

[@themaltmiller8438]

Yep, same for us! A really nostalgic video to make and such a simple yet effective method 🍻

[@danjones1062]

The fine crushed bags you guys sell makes this whole process nice and clean too.

[@Canalcoholic]

Hi guys, found the channel thanks to the KZbin mention in your latest newsletter, and I am pleased to see some basic information for people on a limited budget. I originally learned the 3-vessel mash/sparge/boil method, but then took what many might regard as a step backwards to brewing in a bag, because I couldn’t be doing with all the faffing around and wanted to simplify the process. Brewing on a domestic hob might be possible if you have an extractor hood, are single or have a very understanding partner. My wife objected to a house full of condensation and the ‘stink’ of boiling hops. So now I brew outdoors in a 50 litre pot on an industrial propane burner. My whole set-up cost less than a hundred quid, and my American Pale hop monsters have still won prizes. Keep up the good work. And Rob, you might remember me as Moley.

[@HoverdogBrewery]

Good vid for people who are scared to go from extract to all grain (I did a similar video years ago showing you don't need fancy equipment to make good beer). I still use my induction plate for sparge water. One of my friends said she puts her mashtun pot in the oven at 60c for an hour which I thought was a pretty clever solution. Of course these days I mainly use my Brew Monk bought from the Malt Miller.

[@themaltmiller8438]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GraveysBrewery]

I love BIAB for the exact reasons you showed, no matter your batch size, you don't always need masses of equipment to make tasty beers from scratch. When it comes to brewing, I too live by that phrase of "brewing is as easy or as diffcult as you make it" Great video and great tips. Cheers 🍺

[@GraveysBrewery]

@@patrickglaser1560 I guess that would depend on your definition of easier and saves time. I have mobility issues so i would struggle lifting large amounts of ingredients and large vessels, such as the ones used in this video. In respect of time, I don't think I've spent as much time brewing a small batch as some of my friends do that brew 5+ gallon batches, in fact, I probably spend slightly less time because I'm dealing with one vessel (2 if you include a fermenter) whereas my friends are usually dealing with 3 (mash tun, seperate boil kettle and a fermenter).

[@jay3741]

Get guide, been researching home brewing for a while now, and this is definitely the method I'm trying first, thank you.

[@TheBruSho]

Excellent guide! Big BIAB fan here, love the easy brew day and cleanup!

[@Danny-ib6ew]

Absolutely cracking video, lads. I've got my first batch of mead on, and have today ordered my first sets of beer ingredients. I unfortunately ordered before I heard about your company, but I've subscribed and book marked your site so I can buy from you in the future. Really helpful video

[@themaltmiller8438]

Awesome! Hope this goes well!

[@notaflicker]

Just ordered a 35 litre kettle from your website. Can't wait to make some ale

[@Twopan]

Helpful video thanks. Still a bit scary to try this, but will have a go.

[@Murlockingqc]

Well explained ! ;)

[@themaltmiller8438]

Thanks! 😃

[@freshlyfermented9273]

Great Beginners Guide!!! Clear and straight to the point! Would definitely love to collaborate together sometime! 😁

[@anthonyrogers9004]

I've been doing BIAB for a few years now and love it but considering upgrading to a Grainfather type system. Have you (or any other viewers) ever done a straight comparison with the exact same recipe and ingedients to see if the expensive kit actually makes any difference?

[@themaltmiller8438]

We've brewed lots of recipes on differing systems. We would say that with practice and refinement you can achieve high efficiency on any system. The benefit of the all in one systems such as the GF is convenience and connectivity. Brewing on a GF for example, the controller will do all the functional things for you such as manage temperature, ramp temperature etc... The other thing is sending you notifications via the app, you can carry out other activities without needing to stand by the system during the brew day.

[@AndrewBenham]

Good video. I'm about to take the leap from extract and this looks like a good step up. One question though, you said you can do it with a stock pot but then used something with a tap. Is it possible to use a stock pot, pit the hops in a bag during the boil and then pour the contents directly into the fermenter? I suppose given the batch size the main issue might be the weight of the pot?

[@themaltmiller8438]

Yes you can but having a tap on the kettle/stock pot makes it far easier and safer!

[@skeltaskib]

Can you use another (2nd) bag for the hop additions/boil part?

[@themaltmiller8438]

Absolutely, of even better would be a hop spider as the rigid walls allow for more free flowing wort to hit the hops. Take a look at this one - www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/tmm-hop-spider-basket/

[@skeltaskib]

Thanks. Is that more contact than another bag lining the pot like the mash stage? ​@@themaltmiller8438

[@chris_private]

Any thoughts on the safety of pouring boiling wort into plastic buckets? I usually leave it overnight in the kettle to cool instead, so am curious about this method. Thanks!

[@themaltmiller8438]

The plastic buckets we provide can withstand the temperature no problem. Some might not so best to check with your supplier. Obviously caution needs to be taken when transferring the hot wort 👍🏻

[@fleshboundtobone]

Is that a buffalo induction hob? Which wattage is required for the batch size you are doing here?

[@themaltmiller8438]

Yes it is! This one is 3kw I think, it can deal with batches up to about 40L easily.

[@carlspark2992]

How much extract will I be looking at, losing doing BIAB compared to all grain due to not sparging?

[@themaltmiller8438]

If you focus on process, temperature control and fine crushing your malt you can achieve almost identical extraction of the sugars in the malt. If you can recirculate the mash it will help massively too, if you can't recirculate then stirring your mash a few times can help with this also 🍻

[@belfastchild76]

Great video guys... BIAB is deffo my next step up as I'm only doing kits. I got my 1st keg & tap set up 6 weeks ago, and ordered a Fermzilla Allrounder for santa. Do you re use the bag or is it a new bag for each batch?

[@themaltmiller8438]

The bags are reusable 👍🏻 they just need a rinse through and good wash after each brew but will last you plenty of brews

[@maunvalleybrewing]

Do you find the temperature drops much over an hour? Cheers

[@themaltmiller8438]

NO, we found it to be really stable. It will depend on your ambient temp somewhat though.

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

I inherited a whole bunch [several hundred pounds] of cracked [and dead] wheat that can not be sprouted [for malting]. Is it possible to malt the wheat by any other means since it is dead? [like adding packaged enzymes, or adding it on top of malted out grains] It would be a shame to have no use for it, since there is so much of it. I can grind it into a flour, or leave it coarse, whichever would work best [I realize that making a flour to it will make it really hard to strain, but not impossible, and I am not worried about the bran husk flavor, because I prefer that, personally], and I realize that it is a lot higher protein than barley or even a soft white wheat, so settling will be somewhat slower, but this too is fine. I just was hoping that maybe something like 'beano' or the addition of regularly malted barley would do to have enzymes to malt out the wheat. ~( 'w')/

[@themaltmiller8438]

Not entirely sure, it would be an interesting experiment but it's not something we have tried. Let us know how you get on 👍🏻

[@jozsefienciu2325]

where are you from Australia or you are Britis?

[@themaltmiller8438]

British mate, slight West Country accent though!

[@davidt8546]

I have been sparging by tieing the bag off and submerging the whole thing in my sparge water for about 10 mins...seems to work fine...I have come to call this the T bag method

[@themaltmiller8438]

😂 Love it

[@shrewsbrewery183]

Brilliant video but I found it distracting with the person in the background opening and shutting the door! 🤣

[@themaltmiller8438]

Sorry about that! We film on a mezzanine level above the warehouse so can get some background noise from time to time, but it's easier to try and reduce that sound in post production than stop the team working. 🤣