Spinning Grain

[PlowboyBrew]

Hey everyone,

I would like to get opinions on an idea. I was thinking about converting a commercial salad spinner to a grain-spinner in order to increase efficiency. My efficiency is fine but I picked the salad spinner up for free and I thought it might be a cool application for it. Anyways, do you think it would cause any tannin issues? Do any other issues spring to mind?

Thanks for your input!

 

[2bluewagons]

No. Make a commerical-sized salad, but leave your grains in your tun. Tannin extraction has more to do with pH I believe so it probably wouldn't be a problem there.
But jeez, you want to add a crazy step to your brewing to save a few cents on grain?
You asked for opinions, and mine is I think it's nuts.

 

[IrregularPulse]

No. Make a commerical-sized salad, but leave your grains in your tun. Tannin extraction has more to do with pH I believe so it probably wouldn't be a problem there.
But jeez, you want to add a crazy step to your brewing to save a few cents on grain?
You asked for opinions, and mine is I think it's nuts.

and mine is I think it's nuts. too

 

[weirdboy]

How are you going to convert it, exactly? I think you're going to get more extraction at the expense of a cloudier wort, possibly with more tannins.

 

[samc]

Don't see the point if you already get good efficiency. You might be able to use it to wet the grains prior to crushing. Really helps with the crush!

 

[Bobby_M]

Why not give it a try. It can't hurt. Make a video and take lots of pictures.

 

[kanzimonson]

I'm thinking about my salad spinner and I'm not convinced you could get a good "lauter" through the slots... they're pretty big. I think you'd definitely get some more wort out of there (of course, how much for the effort?) but you'd also spin a bunch of grain pieces and husks out.

And for a 10# mash, you'd probably have to spin it at least 5 times.