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Thanks for the heads up on Lonni, that's good info. I've done BIAB before, but it was a little messy for me (maybe I'm doing it wrong). I also used to use a cooler and line it with a bag (no manifold or braid) and simply ran the wort out the spigot, but I was getting efficiency problems with...

Got to admit, I've never heard of fermenting a beer without getting it off the trub. Also, I never really thought of using boiling wort as a sanitizer. I guess the key is using the hop bag, and having a long racking arm to get above the (much larger) layer of trub after fermentation. I'm...

I dunno, not sure I want all that hot break material sitting in my fermentation. As far as infection, there shouldn't be any, the wort is going straight from the boil into the fermentor as usual, I just happen to be using an unconventional fermentor

Ok, so here's the idea that I'm currently working on. Looking for input on ways to be more efficient. One caveat, this is for 3 gallon batches. I live in a tiny apartment, so I'm constantly fighting the space issue. In short, I plan on mashing, boiling, AND fermenting in only two vessels...

I've used them before, and the trub/yeast does tend to collect on all the contours on the bottle, particularly around the handle. Other than that, they're handy if you're doing small batches in small spaces.

Really good reference, thanks for that

We're still in the homebrew stage of our beer production, but the reason we're building our brewery in the detached garage is because of that same law. In case things look like they will move in the commercial direction, we're already set up in a TTB friendly space.

Jesus god that's sweet... Sorry, nothing constructive here. Just oogling the steel :p

My mash tun is taller and narrow, but it's still about 26 inches in diameter. I'll be talking to Jaybird about getting a full falsebottom made. The bottom of the tanks are a little unique though, they angle downwards towards the ball valve by a few degrees.

That is an excellent diagram Cape, we'll be studying that more. Thanks for quieting my fears about the flow rate, working this big has me being a little extra cautious ;)

Where are your valves located on your pots? Ours does have a big valve, but its located on the bottom of the tank. I'm reasonably scared of a 40 gallon stuck sparge :p

Shoot Alright, looking at that diagram I realized that in order to fly sparge from the HLT and pump the wort into the BK, I'm going to need two pumps. Revised below. (damn, thought I could get away with only one)