DIY Mash Tun

[philm00x]

I have been assimilated to the dark side!!!

Although, I still cool the wort with an ice bath, and using the BIAB bag instead of a traditional filter. Doing some kinda hybrid SMEIBB/Traditional thing here!

[haerbob3]

Ahh Don't listen to Michele she just jealous. You get to do everything in one pot!! RAD

[Brewbirds]

Ahh Don't listen to Michele she just jealous. You get to do everything in one pot!! RAD

Whose jealous? I've seen the photo of all the gear you use to brew with, I bet you have to store all that stuff in a whole separate house, and I still can't figure out how you get to your pots without tripping over all that tubing.

SMEIBBs rock.

[haerbob3]

Ahh Don't listen to Michele she just jealous. You get to do everything in one pot!! RAD

Whose jealous? I've seen the photo of all the gear you use to brew with, I bet you have to store all that stuff in a whole separate house, and I still can't figure out how you get to your pots without tripping over all that tubing.

SMEIBBs rock.

Thanks Michele ya proved my point

[ScrewyBrewer]

I just went with a simple braid filter.



It works great and I've never gotten a stuck mash using it.

[Beer-lord]

Sorry, off topic.....
Great to see you stop by Vince. Hope all is going well with you and your beer.

[philm00x]

I'm gonna wait and see if I get a false bottom for Christmas. If not, I'll end up making my way to Lowes and picking up the braided hose and some copper wire like that to make a bazooka tube.

[madman960]

Looks good.

[ScrewyBrewer]

Sorry, off topic.....
Great to see you stop by Vince. Hope all is going well with you and your beer.

Thank you, it's great to be back. Although I had to put brewing on hold for months, I'm finally going to get back in action again soon.

[berryman]

Nice Job and good post gwcr.

[Dawg LB Steve]

Wort chiller was Thursday nights project, 10 gallon Mash cooler is in progress, ball valve is in and checking for leaks, manifold next. Looks like its time to step up to AG and 5 gallon batches!

[gwcr]

Atta boy Steve! Love to see some pics when you have it all done!

[FedoraDave]

Sooooo I finally finished rigging up the spigot, but haven't configured a filter of any kind yet. Would a filter be necessary, or can you just recirculate the wort over the grain bed, using the grains as a natural filter, until the wort runs clear? If anything, I can just use my BIAB bag to hold the grain and filter the solids until I can get a bazooka screen or something.

Phil, you will need a manifold, false bottom, or braid to filter the runnings, and I see further down in the thread that you intended to put together a bazooka braid such as Vince has done. This will work fine, but keep the following in mind:

Small particles will still make their way through, so be prepared to vorlauf, i.e. recirculate the first of the runnings http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Vorlauf

I do this with my first runnings, and the sparges, too. You can really see a difference as it's draining, and I think it makes a difference in the clarity of the finished beer.

[philm00x]

Oh man... thread resurrected. I've since received a false bottom as a christmas gift from last year so everything's all good. I do vorlauf and that has been the key to my efficiency batch after batch. Thanks though, Dave!