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03-31-2010, 03:51 PM
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Hey everyone,
I would like to get opinions on an idea. I was thinking about converting a commercial salad spinner to a grain-spinner in order to increase efficiency. My efficiency is fine but I picked the salad spinner up for free and I thought it might be a cool application for it. Anyways, do you think it would cause any tannin issues? Do any other issues spring to mind?
Thanks for your input!
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03-31-2010, 04:02 PM
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Location: Portland, OR
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No. Make a commerical-sized salad, but leave your grains in your tun. Tannin extraction has more to do with pH I believe so it probably wouldn't be a problem there.
But jeez, you want to add a crazy step to your brewing to save a few cents on grain?
You asked for opinions, and mine is I think it's nuts.  |
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03-31-2010, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 2bluewagons
No. Make a commerical-sized salad, but leave your grains in your tun. Tannin extraction has more to do with pH I believe so it probably wouldn't be a problem there.
But jeez, you want to add a crazy step to your brewing to save a few cents on grain?
You asked for opinions, and mine is I think it's nuts. |
and mine is I think it's nuts. too
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03-31-2010, 04:08 PM
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How are you going to convert it, exactly? I think you're going to get more extraction at the expense of a cloudier wort, possibly with more tannins.
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03-31-2010, 05:28 PM
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Don't see the point if you already get good efficiency. You might be able to use it to wet the grains prior to crushing. Really helps with the crush!
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03-31-2010, 05:45 PM
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Why not give it a try. It can't hurt. Make a video and take lots of pictures.
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03-31-2010, 09:41 PM
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I'm thinking about my salad spinner and I'm not convinced you could get a good "lauter" through the slots... they're pretty big. I think you'd definitely get some more wort out of there (of course, how much for the effort?) but you'd also spin a bunch of grain pieces and husks out.
And for a 10# mash, you'd probably have to spin it at least 5 times.
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