Hi folks,
I am close to finalising my steam mashing setup.
This forum has been very useful - particularly the posts by Flyguy, Brewman, and Yuri, and also Gary Spykman's page: http://www.gjwspykman.com/simm/simm.html
I am at an important juncture, I reckon. So the question you can help answer, by looking at the attached pictures is:
Where should I drill the holes in the 'prongs', what size, and how many?
FYI, the steam source is a pressure cooker - which I think operates somewhere around 15PSI.
The first pic shows the tun, with lid, which has mounts/holes for the assembly at left - the 'prong's to slot into. The prongs are pushed down to the bottom of the tun where they sit just above a Phil's false bottom. You can see the solenoid steam valve mounted on the assembly at left of pic.
The second pic shows a close up of the bottom of the prong, placed next to one of the mounts. You'll note it is capped.
Note also that a mash stirrer will be operating. The aluminium (aluminum) bracket on the lid you see in the first pic is for a rotisserie motor, which drives a home made stirrer. I can choose to mount the lowest blades on the stirrer as low as about 70cm (about 3 inches) above the false bottom. The third pic is of the stirrer.
-The main concern is to get even heat distribution - that's what I have the stirrer for - not concerned about extraction efficiency.
- Another consideration is what to make of the fact that - as i've read in posts here- the steam bubbles don't pop immediately near the bottom.
-Another consideration is the roundness of the tun.
So, please give me your thoughts on the question (above).
Cheers,
Yorg.
I am close to finalising my steam mashing setup.
This forum has been very useful - particularly the posts by Flyguy, Brewman, and Yuri, and also Gary Spykman's page: http://www.gjwspykman.com/simm/simm.html
I am at an important juncture, I reckon. So the question you can help answer, by looking at the attached pictures is:
Where should I drill the holes in the 'prongs', what size, and how many?
FYI, the steam source is a pressure cooker - which I think operates somewhere around 15PSI.
The first pic shows the tun, with lid, which has mounts/holes for the assembly at left - the 'prong's to slot into. The prongs are pushed down to the bottom of the tun where they sit just above a Phil's false bottom. You can see the solenoid steam valve mounted on the assembly at left of pic.
The second pic shows a close up of the bottom of the prong, placed next to one of the mounts. You'll note it is capped.
Note also that a mash stirrer will be operating. The aluminium (aluminum) bracket on the lid you see in the first pic is for a rotisserie motor, which drives a home made stirrer. I can choose to mount the lowest blades on the stirrer as low as about 70cm (about 3 inches) above the false bottom. The third pic is of the stirrer.
-The main concern is to get even heat distribution - that's what I have the stirrer for - not concerned about extraction efficiency.
- Another consideration is what to make of the fact that - as i've read in posts here- the steam bubbles don't pop immediately near the bottom.
-Another consideration is the roundness of the tun.
So, please give me your thoughts on the question (above).
Cheers,
Yorg.