Steeping crushed malt???

[The Ginger Ninja]

Hi,

Im planning an extract brew this weeked and have just got all my ingredients sorted.
However the malt that I had wanted to steep prior to the boiling arrived crushed (i had forgotten to ask for it whole). So im guessing if i put it in my muslin bag and steep it all the little bits will leak out into my boiler. So i was thinking about steeping it in a seperate cooking pot and then passing the liquid through as many sives / muslin bags etc as i can find before pouring it into my boiler. Does this sound sensible? I dont want any bits to get into the boil as I belive the malt starts to release tanin when it gets too hot??

 

[Darkbrewer]

I've actually done several of the partial mash kits. What they all called for about 20to30 min of steeping in a muslin bag right in the boiler. I did what you said steeped in a separate and ran it thru a folded over fine nylon bag. I didn't get bitter tannin flavors so it works.

 

[The Ginger Ninja]

Brilliant! just what I wanted to hear. Cheers Darkbrewer

 

[Darkbrewer]

: Glad I could help

 

[graysalchemy]

I used to do extract brews with the malts in a piece of cloth suspended in the boiler worked a treat. some times grains leaked out but they were filtered buy the hop stainer so no long lasting detriment.

I would put them in a bag in the boiler.

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