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Zymurgy, The New Brewer and Wine Maker

I cut mine too about 2" from the bottom. It works great, to great sometimes. If I use pellet hops it can tend to clog some. On big late addition hoppy beers, I will take it out of the pot, clean it and then put it back for the late hops. Love it.

There was one knob on each side. I adjusted it to the half open position. Anything closer it keep jamming. I'm adding rice hulls just to make sure my sparge does not get stuck.

I purchased the 8 in large version to use in my boil kettle (20 gal). I through all my hops inside the spider, the when I circulate the boil to cool, I run out through the spyder to catch all the break material. Anyone else tried this?

That makes sense. I was worried what the freezing part would do vs. Say canning it. Thanks.

I received my MM3, the set screws for the bottom roller was loosened. I read the on line manual about setting the gap, how do I calibrate and with what? I thought about using spark plug gap tools.

Has anyone tried this? I saved 2 quarts on my pale ale, froze it for a month, then used it as a starter on my stout.