12" false bottom in sanke keggle tun

Will this work? I have one laying around and would love to not have to buy more stuff to get my mash tun up and running. Any ideas? I know it was made for a cooler but I really don't want to go that route.

It will slide around and grains may get under it.
If you could fasten it in place some how, that might help.

sa1126 said:

Will this work? I have one laying around and would love to not have to buy more stuff to get my mash tun up and running. Any ideas? I know it was made for a cooler but I really don't want to go that route.

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I use a false bottom like this in my keggle mlt and it works great! I just split a piece of silicone tubing lengthwise and wrapped it around the false bottom. This creates a nice seal and it doesn't move around with it there. Just make sure that you cut the hole big enough for it to fit. My hole was a little too small, but luckily I was able to bend it a little and force it in.



I have a really cool solution for insulating a keggle mlt too. I don't lose more than a degree of heat over my hour long mash even in the winter!

creative..i like it

Top work. So basically all I would need is food grade silicone hosing and some stainless hose clamps? Dang...great thinking!