An information post about a colander.
I've done two BIAB brew days (26 other all-grain before that), and tried to squeeze by hand the bag to get more wort out of it. Not the most efficient of ways to do that.
Morrie suggested a colander that someone once sold to put on top of the kettle against which one could press wort out of the bag. I looked everywhere I could and could not find one that was as he described.
Looked on Amazon, and found this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O8N4556/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
I wasn't too excited about the price $16.57 including Prime shipping, and wasn't quite sure it would fit in the top of my kettle (A Spike 10-gallon). A reviewer said it fit in his kettle (different make), I measured, fudged and fiddled, and decided to try.
Pic below. It fits. The dimensions of the colander are 14 3/4" from the edges of the rim to the other side. The bowl measures about 13 9/16"--so if your kettle mouth is more than 13 9/16" and less than 14 3/4", this will fit.
Here's a pic showing it in the kettle:
I've done two BIAB brew days (26 other all-grain before that), and tried to squeeze by hand the bag to get more wort out of it. Not the most efficient of ways to do that.
Morrie suggested a colander that someone once sold to put on top of the kettle against which one could press wort out of the bag. I looked everywhere I could and could not find one that was as he described.
Looked on Amazon, and found this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O8N4556/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
I wasn't too excited about the price $16.57 including Prime shipping, and wasn't quite sure it would fit in the top of my kettle (A Spike 10-gallon). A reviewer said it fit in his kettle (different make), I measured, fudged and fiddled, and decided to try.
Pic below. It fits. The dimensions of the colander are 14 3/4" from the edges of the rim to the other side. The bowl measures about 13 9/16"--so if your kettle mouth is more than 13 9/16" and less than 14 3/4", this will fit.
Here's a pic showing it in the kettle:
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