Duncan83865
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Looking to see if anyone has any advice. My mash tun is a 10gal Rubbermaid round cooler with a basic perforated false bottom from NB. Over the years I've struggled with getting more grain under my false bottom than I'd like--there is a decent pile underneath when I disassemble during cleanup. While sparging, this grain makes its way to my pickup tube, slowing down/stopping the sparge, though it never gets stuck because I can always get it going again after opening the valve slightly to clear the grain. All this grain makes it to the kettle, but I've gotten around it by keeping a paint strainer bag in the kettle while sparging. Basically it causes more babysitting than I'd like.
I strongly believe that the grain is getting forced through the false bottom while mashing in or stirring 15 min before sparging. I always add water first and then grain. Nothing about how I stir seems to prevent it. I have also installed a silicon gasket around the edge of the false bottom (covered on another thread on this site), so I am confident the grain is going through the perforations.
Any thoughts/advice on how to prevent this grain from getting through? For what it's worth, I crush fairly coarse--.036" or so. Thanks!
I strongly believe that the grain is getting forced through the false bottom while mashing in or stirring 15 min before sparging. I always add water first and then grain. Nothing about how I stir seems to prevent it. I have also installed a silicon gasket around the edge of the false bottom (covered on another thread on this site), so I am confident the grain is going through the perforations.
Any thoughts/advice on how to prevent this grain from getting through? For what it's worth, I crush fairly coarse--.036" or so. Thanks!