TwoHeadsBrewing
Well-Known Member
Tonight Caspio came over with a keg of his Hefeweizen and brazing torch to work on some brew equipment. I've been meaning to upgrade my single copper tube manifold on my MLT, so I figured why not build a fly sparge manifold at the same time? And really, what goes better with a few pints of homebrew than a blowtorch, magma hot solder, and power tools?!
First, pics of the manifold for the bottom of the MLT:
Drilling a bunch of 3/32" holes in the bottom of the manifold for adequate draining. A big upgrade in surface area and total coverage than my old single copper tube.
And here, proof that I did at least some of the work. Soldering up the fly sparge manifold in an "H" pattern:
Not so random holes drilled in this piece. I drilled holes at an angle and staggered them to achieve an even flow over the top of the grainbed. Or at least that's the idea...we'll see what happens.
First, pics of the manifold for the bottom of the MLT:
Drilling a bunch of 3/32" holes in the bottom of the manifold for adequate draining. A big upgrade in surface area and total coverage than my old single copper tube.
And here, proof that I did at least some of the work. Soldering up the fly sparge manifold in an "H" pattern:
Not so random holes drilled in this piece. I drilled holes at an angle and staggered them to achieve an even flow over the top of the grainbed. Or at least that's the idea...we'll see what happens.