drewski459

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Are these the ones you guys use from Lowe's? I bought some but haven't opened the package yet. I was worried that it wasn't the right material.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_126394-968-11583/12FF_0__?productId=1008387&Ntt=paint+strainer&pl=1 &currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dpaint%2Bstraine r

terrapinj

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drewski - that looks similar to what I use

will be getting a voile bag and drawstring eventually but for now the paint strainer bags work great

i reuse them inside the bucket when i transfer the wort from the kettle to filter out the hops and some trub

wilserbrewer

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I would use a little caution doing this...anything in the mash really should be boiled prior to touching the fermented wort. For the price of a strainer bag I might not mix pre / post boil. Just 2 cents?

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eulipion2

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I use the Midwest 2'x3' bag listed above. My kettle is 17 gallons, but I use the bag to line the steamer basket that came with the kettle. It works very well.

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terrapinj

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I actually started doing it the other way. I toss the bag from the mash then use the bag from straining into the fermenter as a mash bag the next batch after washing it

hopplease

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I use this bag in a 35 qt kettle. I have had 14# of grain in it with plenty of room for more grain. It is barely not wide enough to roll around the lip on my kettle. I just tie it around the handle on the side of the kettle.

I am a new brewer so not sure how it compares to the paint strainer.

HossTheGreat

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I use this exact bag. It fits my 15.5 gal. keggle perfectly. However, I am wondering if it is, in fact, too coarse. I have been fighting a grainy taste in my lighter beers and am wondering if it's letting too much through in the boil. I have tweaked every other part of my process, including my crush to the point where I think this may be the culprit. If I'm not mistaken, voile is a pretty fine mesh. I think I'm going to try that next. I just need to find someone who knows how to sew

ultravista

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I use a 30 plate chiller; the voile keeps the wort (minus protiens) very clean.

Voile is very fine. Check out a panel at Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, or anyplace that carries curtains.

dan6310

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I bought 3yds. of voile fabric at Jo-Ann Fabric for $4 per yard. Made 2 bags for my 15 gallon keggle with enough for a third. It is about 10% finer than my LHB 6"x9" hop bag. I had only had about 3/4" of trub in the bottom of the kettle with a 9 lb grain bill. It settled out very fast with a good cold break.

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daddyo

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32 quart. Fits absolutely perfect. Works like a champ.

I use a second one for the hops. My beer has never been clearer.