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My mesh basket is 20 inches tall and 14.5 inches in diameter. So the circumference would be about 45.5 inches. I would prefer thin stainless steel, but still am looking for a place that sells a thin smaller roll that would work.

Wanted to fire this one back up to ask a question. I have an open sided mesh basket (inside a 20 gallon brewer's hardware kettle) but would like to experiment with a solid sided basket. Instead of buying another mash basket, I thought about the idea of taking a sheet of food grade plastic...

You can recirculate with the use of this sitting on top of your grain bed. This is what I use and I am very happy with it for my system. I have a 20 gallon kettle with a 400 micron stainless steel grain basket...

This is a homebrewer shout out to FreddyMar3 and Andrew. Thank you guys for helping me build my system. I finished a water leak test tonight and everything was good. Here are some pictures. I am waiting for the basket from Arbor Fab (hope to have later this week) and then she will be ready...

After watching the videos, I believe CBS's larger systems circulate above and below the mash basket. I think this helps to keep proteins off the element to avoid scorching. After about 3 months of researching a single vessel system, I have observed the following: CBS's larger scale systems...

Have you contacted Tim (CBS owner) regarding some of your problems? I wonder if he could provide some assistance on the matter and evaluate your grain bill to tell you if you are pushing the limits of the 20 gallon kettle. I would like to know what Tim's opinion is as his suggested grain bill...

I am trying to find someone who has experimented with the system well enough to be able to say what the maximum OG or final abv of a batch has been that had a thin mash to recirculate (as in Tim's demo video) and required a 60 minute boil. If a 6 to 6.5 abv beer can be made with the thin mash...

The SS manifold is nice and I built one similar that I use in my 10 gallon cooler to sparge. Here is something to think about. CBS's claim of high efficiency seems to rely on the fact that the stainless steel tube that recirculates the wort is suppose to keep the entire mash moving. It sounds...

With that in mind are you able to keep the efficiency in the high 70s to low 80's?

Thanks. I was concerned that doing 6.5 gallon batches (in the 20 gallon kettle) which would require about 8 or so gallons of water in the kettle would create an issue since i was guessing about 2 or 3 gallons of that would be below the mash basket. I did not know if there would be enough...

Does anyone on this forum have the 15 gallon CBS Nano Home system? I am torn between ordering the 15 or 20 gallon system. I brew 6.5 gallon recipes so I get a full 5 gallons in the kegs. The largest grain bill I currently have for my recipes is about 17 pounds. Will the 15 gallon system handle...