marcb
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Dumb question, but I use an immersion chiller to cool down my wort. Because of that, I'm figuring the only way to make this work would be to have the stainer in the center of the pot. Any thoughts on the best way to brace it to make that happen? I use a 9 gallon pot from Adventures in Homebrewing (see link) with a ball valve and sight gauge/thermometer from BrewHardare.com. The picture below is the stock photo from Adventures in Hombrewing without the sight gauge and thermometer.
http://www.homebrewing.org/One-Weld-9-Gallon-Stainless-Steel-Pot_p_1683.html
Everything works great, but I get a ton of hops and break in the fermenter. I've tried a bazooka screen, but it gets clogged like crazy. This seems like a better option.
Thanks for the help.
hmm, yep I'd probably have him build something that works with the opening on the inside of your chiller coils and then have him weld three or four tabs with holes at the top and suspend it with stainless threaded rod or give him the measurements and he can extend the tabs to go over the edge of your kettle and keep it suspended in the middle. This still feels a little klugey as you'll have to lift up the filter in order to get your chiller in of course if you just pull the filter before chilling you won't have an issue with the regular version but I'm presuming that you still want to do flameout hops or have some reason to leave the hops in contact while you are chilling... email Chad to see what he can do <[email protected]>