I am still in the process of builing my AG equipment I have 3 kegs right now but dont have any of the fittings, ball valves, false bottoms, etc. So what I had a thought which may or may not work.
So if I was going to brew this weekend could I use one of the kegs as a MLT put the water at the proper temperature and then add the grains. Let it do its thing for the 60 minutes. Then would come time to transfer out.
Since I dont have a false bottom what would happen if I were to put a paint strainer bag on my siphon hose and then begin to siphon out the wort. I could fill a container with 2 quarts and then vorlauf that back through. Once all the wort has been siphoned I could then sparge with the remainder of my heated water stirring well. When it came time to transfer that I would do the same thing with my siphon and suck out the wort into the brew kettle.
Other than taking longer than it would with a false bottom I dont think I really see an issue with doing it this way
So if I was going to brew this weekend could I use one of the kegs as a MLT put the water at the proper temperature and then add the grains. Let it do its thing for the 60 minutes. Then would come time to transfer out.
Since I dont have a false bottom what would happen if I were to put a paint strainer bag on my siphon hose and then begin to siphon out the wort. I could fill a container with 2 quarts and then vorlauf that back through. Once all the wort has been siphoned I could then sparge with the remainder of my heated water stirring well. When it came time to transfer that I would do the same thing with my siphon and suck out the wort into the brew kettle.
Other than taking longer than it would with a false bottom I dont think I really see an issue with doing it this way