Yeah, seems like whirlpooling isn't really your friend when the drain is in the center. That's kind of my concern.
Interesting, though - sounds like you're not really getting too much break into the fermenter...just clogging.
I wonder if you'd have better results if you just let it settle...
Hey Brewmation owners -
I'm considering buying this system, but am a little concerned about the amount of break material and hop matter that would end up in my fermenter (and worse, my plate chiller).
I see SankePankey has a little standpipe-bazooka-screen type mod to help with this...
I picked some (at least I'm told they were "golden" - wasn't aware until now that was a real variety) from a friend's bine last year as well. I dry hopped with them, because I had no idea what to expect for bittering. Didn't get much aroma - maybe because I didn't use enough, or didn't leave the...