mfp03001
Well-Known Member
A few weeks ago I made a new mash turn that I thought was going to be a great upgrade for me. I went from a 5 gallon round cooler to a 40 qt. rectangular one. I used a braided stainless steel hose casing cut in half as the false bottom I guess you would call it. See picture below. In the 5 gallon one I have PEX tubing with a ton of small holes drilled into it which worked fine but was just too small. Anyway, I have used the new one once and I ended up with tons of grain sediment in wort. See second picture below. As you can see once it was settled the grain sediment took up about 0.5 gallons in my fermenter. I was just wondering if anyone else has ever had this problem with braided steal hose, and any advice about possibly fixing it. Also I get a terrible efficiency of about 55% while with my old mash turn I was at about 70%. My grain bill was also 37.5% wheat. I have never used wheat before in grain form, I am not sure if that was what was getting through or had anything to do with it. I did have .5 pounds of rice hulls to help with the lautering. Thanks for any advice.