jakeshivers

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"Alcohol enthusiast". I like it. Good luck and let me know when I can buy your beer in Denver. Are you currently able to sell your beer now?

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flountown

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For the MLT, figure out how big the holes you want in your false bottom, then buy a piece of perforated stainless and cut a circle matching the ID of the bottom of the tank. Possibly use small legs or SS bolts to give you desired depth or lift off the bottom of the tank.

As for a simple hops strainer, same idea, but instead of a full false bottom, find yourself a SS strainer, similar to this:


Then remove the handle and devise a quick, 2 or 3 screw mounting device to the bottom of the tank, covering the outlet. This should get most of your hops when draining the BK

MikeRLynch

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Jakeshivers: Negative, we're just putting together the brewery now, so we're more focused on equipment and construction. Once we get it cobbled together, we'll start doing pilot batches to figure out the system. Once we get some consistancy between batches, we'll start the process of building a business and shopping the product. We're doing this with pocket change, no investors and no loans. I'd like to start pilot production within a year.

Flountown: Good looks with the strainer. Instead of covering the whole bottom, we could use something like a hair-catcher on a shower, just covering the drain.

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MultumInParvo

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Man, I would love to have a one barrel system. Really the only thing stopping me is space, money, knowledge, money, space, money...(I think you get the idea)

I guess for now I'll just drool at yours. Nothing like a huge hunk of stainless steel!

MikeRLynch

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I know, I actually climbed inside one and just sat there for a minute and pretended I was the beer we were about to make

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flountown

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Yes, but as I am sure know, for optimal lautering you'd still want a full false bottom for the MLT.

For mounting options, I don't know if you are familiar with hockey equipment, but a system similar to mounting a cage on a hockey helmet could be devised to give you a flip-up drain cover, and still manage to be completely removable.

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Just got my false bottom from jaybird and it looks great

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MikeRLynch

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I'm going to get my dimensions this weekend and look into his falsebottoms. Anyone have pics yet?

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bendavanza

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You will clog up a small surface area screen fast with all that beer

flountown

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How so? The beer itself is irrelevant, being as the screen is only going to catch hops in the case of the BK. Not trying to be rude, but a coarse strainer isn't going to clog up in the boil, or at least I would not expect it to.