Dealio
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I did my first all grain brew day about two weeks ago and I had some trouble with the filter I constructed in my mash tun.
I took the metal braiding from a water line, laid it out in a circle and connected both ends to my bulkhead with compression fittings. It looked great and appeared sturdy enough before I brewed but when I was adding my strike water and slowly stirring the grain to get a uniform temperature distribution something terrible happened. The spoon stirred the grain and water which stirred the metal braiding, and it wrapped itself around the spoon. By the time i realized this it was to late and I had to leave the spoon in for the mash. It got clogged during the strike and it took forever but as far as I can tell the beer was unaffected, so that's good.
Does anyone have a similar experience using the filter setup I used and what can I do to avoid this?
Or
What filter type do you guys recommended for batch sparging in a cylindrical mash tun?
I took the metal braiding from a water line, laid it out in a circle and connected both ends to my bulkhead with compression fittings. It looked great and appeared sturdy enough before I brewed but when I was adding my strike water and slowly stirring the grain to get a uniform temperature distribution something terrible happened. The spoon stirred the grain and water which stirred the metal braiding, and it wrapped itself around the spoon. By the time i realized this it was to late and I had to leave the spoon in for the mash. It got clogged during the strike and it took forever but as far as I can tell the beer was unaffected, so that's good.
Does anyone have a similar experience using the filter setup I used and what can I do to avoid this?
Or
What filter type do you guys recommended for batch sparging in a cylindrical mash tun?