My false bottom and dip tube shipped friday. If everything lines up right, I will have a man crush on Jay for the rest of my life.
(no homo)....... I wish I could quote that on my new business cards!!!!
My false bottom and dip tube shipped friday. If everything lines up right, I will have a man crush on Jay for the rest of my life.
(no homo)....... I wish I could quote that on my new business cards!!!!
Are they a subtle off-white coloring with a tasteful thickness? I hope they have a watermark.
Jay, I used your FB in my BK for the first time this past weekend and it worked great. I just threw in my leaf hops without a bag and didn't have an issue draining (like I did when I used a SS scrubie)
I was wondering if you've tried your FB (the 15") with pellets before and what the result was?
Jay you are a smart man. I hope I am the first man on here to say I love you. You really made my day! Coming home to see that box was a rush
I am going to brew this weekend and give it a test run. I am totally looking forward to it. Too bad you are out in Cali! We could have a man date and do some brewing! The wives could hang out in the kitchen cooking us some grub.:rockin:
How much would a non-hinged, no dip tube be in 18.75 inch diameter? I'm building a new mash tun out of a bayou classic 20.5 gallon kettle.
That would be awesome, I've been itching to brew again since I pretty much destroyed my keggle mash fun and false bottom by burning grain to the bottom of it.
So I got my false bottom and diptube for my keggle, and I'm having some difficulty getting it installed. Here's my setup: ball valve > keg wall > rubber gasket > bargainfittings weldless bulkhead (the one with the washer and nut welded to the nipple) > 1.25" coupling > dip tube threaded thingy (not sure what that's called). See picture below. The problem is that, no matter which way I orient the false bottom, I can't get the dip tube to fit into the end of the diptube threaded thingy. Do I need to be using a 1" coupling instead of a 1.25" coupling?
http://i40.tinypic.com/24mcj8m.jpg
If I just use pellets I stop about 70% of the hops. Add pellets and whole and you'll stop even more.
Cheers
Jay
Ohh heck yeah man thats why I am here!Thanks again Jay. Worked like a charm after proper orientation yesterday.
Thanks Jay..just want to follow up.
I was more concerned about the FB getting clogged by Pellets, I don't mind so much if they make it through to the fermenter, as long as all the beer makes it too
So I just wanted to make sure if I used 7-8oz of pellet hops without a bag, I don't have a problem draining to my carboy?
Hey Jaybird,
I am getting ready to order an FB/dip/valve kit from you. I have a standard straight sided Sankey MLT.
Can you confirm that is the 13" kit?
I see your kits come with an SS 1/2" barb. I don't need that barb, can it be removed from the kit, and at what savings?
How difficult is it to remove the FB from the MLT without a handle?
I've used this false bottom for about 20 batches. A few times I've had problems with "stuck sparges". I'm sure it was the pickup tube. It gets right against the bottom of my keggle and gets clogged. I recognized this problem when I first got the false bottom and sliced slots in it, but that didn't fix the problem. The following did. I highly recommend anyone with problems just cut away part of the bottom of the dip tube as I did (I used my angle grinder with a cutting disk). That's about a 1/4" cut away.
I spent the entire day reading this entire thread from beginning to end. Amazing thread and some brilliant thinkers solving problems. I was looking at Brickmann's false bottom until I read this thread. It appears that Jay is the man and goes that extra ten miles to "get it right" so I have decided to order out a 55 gallon FB from Jay. I went so far as to delete all my suppliers on Beer Brew Stuff and substitued Redding Home Brew Store for hops and fun stuff. Got to support our homeboys even if I live in Phoenix ;-) Order to follow, really enjoyed reading this thread...
I highly recommend you deburr that dip tube
forcabrew said:Hey Jaybird any new custom projects in the works? Maybe a hop screen that works with pellet hops for a bottom draining keggle. (hint hint)
Cheers
I'm in for one.
Jaybird said:Was there a leak of information here somewhere because I really dont remember telling anyone about this......Or were you just fishing?
Cheers
Jay
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