Instant Pot IPA – Basic Brewing Video – April 26, 2019
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James puts his Instant Pot to good use to brew up an all-grain, hoppy IPA.
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I bet with the new instant pots with sous vide function this could be way easier and streamlined
Instant Pot now has a 10 quart version called the Duo Nova. I'm just starting out as an extract & partial boil brewer, and I think I'll give the IP a try. If it doesn't work, hey, I have a 10 quart pressure cooker. Win-Win. Great video. Sincerely, Mark in Colorado.
Cool, I sued to watch your videos on itunes. I think Youtube might be a much bigger platform. I am happy I found you here. I have been brewing for over 20 years. I curently am using a home made batch sparge setup I made from a big cooler and a 1/2 barrel keg and a homemade counter flow chiller going into some fermenting buckets. But I dabled commerically for a guy that had a sabo brew magic that I did many batches on.
I’ve tried this in my IP-Duo. I use the same method of using the sauté function to reach mash temp and then canceling sauté. However, holding the mass temp seems to be an issue even with the lid on. I tried switching to the keep warm setting but it get too hot and won’t hold mash temp of around 150/155. Takes a lot of babysitting. Instant Pot should release home brewers line. Just saying.
Got a vessel… and I've got heat… but I'm on the vessel in the heat… in the gulf… wishing I was at home brewing beer
There's a real simple solution to boiling off too much of your wort. At the end of your boil, add water to bring your wort up to your desired post-boil volume. As long as you're not adding a ton of water, your wort should still be well above any necessary Pasteurization temperature and time.
So I've been doing this for about 8 months or so now ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg086YKNB8U&t=63s ) and posting videos but utilizing the temperature hold ( for mashing ) and pressure function for short boil time. I've built 4 beers now (mostly extracts) with some positive success. This was all inspired by the Basic Brewing Instant Pot Sour (which I also tried) as well as some videos on how to make wort for yeast starts. I'd love to here some comments if anyone has had some success with this.
The instant pot is really a pressure cooker. Without that function it's just a hotplate. I'm not trying to sound negative, just a stating the obvious.
what would happen if you pressure boiled the hops? maybe just put the lid on for the last 5 mins or so to get a seal then let the pressure come down naturally during chilling "sealing in" the hop aroma…. thoughts?
No one wants to be this guy in the comment section, but one packet of yeast for half gallon of beer is way too much even at that high starting gravity. I would use no more than 1/2 packet for that amount.
I probably would’ve done the same thing diluting it, but it would’ve been fun to see you guys reviewing the 11% ABV version!
Did you stir during the "keep warm" phase? Think I remember reading on BIABinfo that a viscous mash will strongly insulate/isolate heat, and end up causing the liquid at the bottom of the kettle to superheat. So it's possible that, without stirring, the Instant Pot thinks the mash is a lot warmer than it actually is in the middle of the mash, and so "keep warm" PID control just keeps the bottom liquid warm.
Mommy…can i borrow the insta-pot in my room?
I wonder if you hooked up the IP to an STC1000 you could dial in the tempts
Hello my name is Vernon I’ve been making made and wine for a while about four days ago I set up half a gallon apple juice with lavender and a cinnamon stick I checked it three days later and the plastic jug was blowed up like a balloon it started fermenting I was wondering is it safe to use cinnamon stick yeast to ferment
Very interesting! I use a similar setup (a sous vide bath) for the mash! If the preboil volume is too low I do a quick batch sparge by steeping the grain bag in 1-2 L of cold water, and then squeeze the luke warm bag to get all the sugars out.
This is fantastic…