Natalie's suspended steeping bag

Thanks, Natalie for sharing this idea with me. Worked great! Now I want to share it further.

It's simple and inexpensive. I think I spent $12 altogether, and that included two each 1 and 5 gallon mesh bags. The pics show it over a 10 gallon pot using the 5 gallon bag.

Mesh bags (in paint sprayer aisle)

Collar

Clamp

Length of PVC

I use it to both steep my grains and to add hops to boil. Shown brewing a partial mash Rye IPA. Once grains steeped I sparged and drained, dumped grains and prepared bag for adding hops to the boil. Made it easy to drain the hops after the boil, and required no straining into the primary.

The pics show dry grains before steep, grains in steep, and hops in boil.

Simple and easy. Thanks, Natalie!