mbierz
Member
I hope this is in the right forum, feel free to move if I've made a mistake.
I have a 40qt kettle that I brew in and have a 1/2" ball valve on my kettle with a 3/8" barbed fitting. When I heat water and open the valve the flow is great. However, when I try to use this valve to release wort into my counterflow chiller the wort does not come out quickly, and really no further than 1" down the tubing. I do not have a bazooka screen and was thinking of buying one. Do any of you have experience fixing a flow issue like this? I often brew with lots of hops, so straining is probably something key that I've missed. Would a false bottom me significantly better than a bazooka screen? I feel like it's also twice the price.
Thanks for any and all advice.
Matt