dustinolsen84
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This will be my first all grain using a cooler conversion. I do not have a false bottom. How important is a false bottom? How do I keep the sparge from stopping?
You can make a manifold out of CPVC for cheap and easy.
I like the BIAB idea. Where do people get them online?
So, dump and hose out a cooler or..... pull dripping grain bag from cooler, dump bag and clean stuck husk material from the mesh, wash bag and still have to hose the cooler?Use a BIAB bag I your cooler, easier to clean the grain too.
I just started using my BIAB bag in my cooler even though I have a FB and everything. I love it. So easy to dump grain. The last two brew days where I used it are the first brew days where grain didn't end up on my floor.Use a BIAB bag I your cooler, easier to clean the grain too.
I like the BIAB idea. Where do people get them online? I live in nowhere Wyoming. ..
So, dump and hose out a cooler or..... pull dripping grain bag from cooler, dump bag and clean stuck husk material from the mesh, wash bag and still have to hose the cooler?
Not saying it not an effective option, but questioning the easier part.
Whether it is easier is all subjective. Not having to take it out and hose it down where I end up wet myself and if it is raining it sucked more, is nicer. Also, I wanted to find a method for when I move my brewing to a shed.
Also. Have any of you used a igloo without a bag or false bottom? Did it turn out?
Also. Have any of you used a igloo without a bag or false bottom? Did it turn out?
I wouldn't recommend doing this without some way of filtering the grain. You'll end up with a huge mess.
Also. Have any of you used a igloo without a bag or false bottom? Did it turn out?
I have had my false bottom malfunction (not flush with bottom of cooler) so effectively had no false bottom. I can tell you, about 50 ml of liquid will trickle out until it becomes totally blocked with infuriating consequences. False bottom/bag/whatever is ABSOLUTELY essential.
If you have the $50 get the full false bottom. You'll spend at least half that on something simple like a manifold or braided tube, and it won't work as well. With a true false bottom in a 10G cooler you can easily get 85-90% efficiency.
Even in nowhere Wyoming there's probably a hardware store - get a 5 gallon mesh paint strainer bag.
With due respect, I'm sure a F/B works well, but my experience, along with many, many others have had great success with a stainless braid available for less than 5 bucks. I prefer a stainless braid.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Watts-3-...ee-LFBK-LBF-12/203789991?N=5yc1vZbqjnZ1z138i0
Brew Hardware stainless screen $10
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/tubescreen.htm
For those that prefer a F/B, Complete false bottom kit from Brew Hardware $69
https://www.brewhardware.com/category_s/1847.htm
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