Hello Folks... I'm deciding to go all grain. I have read a lot on the forums here, and just wanted to run some final plans by you folks and see if anyone has some insight here they can add. I want to see if I'm missing anything or doing it wrong before I start ordering and building.
One area where I'm confused is the false bottom on my mashtun. I plan to order a stainless bulkhead through Bargainfittings.com. I don't know what will fit from the false bottom to the pickup tube. I've seen adapters out there, but I don't know which pickup tubes and false bottoms are compatable. Does anyone out there have a good setup right now? I plan to do a batch sparge for now, and direct fire it. I would like to remain upgradeable if i decide to go all out and recirculate pump. I dont want to use a braid, and I would like to avoid a manifold.
My boil kettle seems like its easy, I'm just going to get the same stainless bulkhead as the mashtun, they'll both have the hose barb on for versatility. Anything I'm missing there? Should I get a pickup tube? I planned on just whirpooling with a long spoon and then opening the valve, or I could siphon.
My Hot liquor tank is an aluminum turkey fryer pot. It has a spiggot on it. But as I understand batch sparge, I'm just dumping in the whole bunch of sparge water, stirring the grain, letting it settle and then vorlaufing gently on top? I figured the aluminum is lighter than the steel so its good for lifting, and if i change my sparge technique I can just keep using that on a tier or whatever...
So what do you guys think? Do I have an ok grasp on this yet? Any major flaws? Any help is much appreciated.
One area where I'm confused is the false bottom on my mashtun. I plan to order a stainless bulkhead through Bargainfittings.com. I don't know what will fit from the false bottom to the pickup tube. I've seen adapters out there, but I don't know which pickup tubes and false bottoms are compatable. Does anyone out there have a good setup right now? I plan to do a batch sparge for now, and direct fire it. I would like to remain upgradeable if i decide to go all out and recirculate pump. I dont want to use a braid, and I would like to avoid a manifold.
My boil kettle seems like its easy, I'm just going to get the same stainless bulkhead as the mashtun, they'll both have the hose barb on for versatility. Anything I'm missing there? Should I get a pickup tube? I planned on just whirpooling with a long spoon and then opening the valve, or I could siphon.
My Hot liquor tank is an aluminum turkey fryer pot. It has a spiggot on it. But as I understand batch sparge, I'm just dumping in the whole bunch of sparge water, stirring the grain, letting it settle and then vorlaufing gently on top? I figured the aluminum is lighter than the steel so its good for lifting, and if i change my sparge technique I can just keep using that on a tier or whatever...
So what do you guys think? Do I have an ok grasp on this yet? Any major flaws? Any help is much appreciated.
