benbradford
Well-Known Member
Here is an idea that I came up with today...
I have several old keg tops that are sitting doing nothing, and I thought that I might be able to modify them so they will act as a false bottom.
I trimmed teh old sanke coupler fitting off of the top of the keg top, and grinded it down smooth, so that I am left with essentially a concave disc, that is twelve inches around.
A rubber stopper fits perfectly into the new hole (is the stopper okay for mash temps?)
A copper pickup tube from the bulkhead, pushed throught the hole in the stopper after I enlarged the center hole. This moves all the way through the stopper to about 1/2 inch from bottom.
I took the angle grinder and cut small slits moving from the center of the disc to the edge. There are about 8 rows of slits, ten per row.
I will test this on wednesday, and see how this new false bottom works
I have several old keg tops that are sitting doing nothing, and I thought that I might be able to modify them so they will act as a false bottom.
I trimmed teh old sanke coupler fitting off of the top of the keg top, and grinded it down smooth, so that I am left with essentially a concave disc, that is twelve inches around.
A rubber stopper fits perfectly into the new hole (is the stopper okay for mash temps?)
A copper pickup tube from the bulkhead, pushed throught the hole in the stopper after I enlarged the center hole. This moves all the way through the stopper to about 1/2 inch from bottom.
I took the angle grinder and cut small slits moving from the center of the disc to the edge. There are about 8 rows of slits, ten per row.
I will test this on wednesday, and see how this new false bottom works