IchLiebeBier
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I recently built a new 1/2" copper pipe manifold for my round 10 gallon mash tun. But through tweaking, I got it down to leaving about 2.5 cups of wort in the tun.
I know most people would say that's good, don't worry about it, but I felt like doing it better so I could get my efficiency as high as possible. So here's what I came up with. It worked perfectly with water, getting every drop out of the bottom of the tun. I plan on brewing next Friday, so I'll get to test it with grain.
I took an old racking cane without the bottom cap and cut an angle in the bottom using a hot knife, like a short inverted U. I then covered the end with a piece from an old mesh grain bag and secured it with a SS band to filter the grain.
Once you sparge out as much as you can, tilt the cooler to one side, push the cane to the bottom edge, and siphon off the wort into the kettle.
Like I said, I've only tried it with water so far, so I don't know yet how it will perform with grain against it, but we'll see next week.
Any thoughts or suggested improvements?
I know most people would say that's good, don't worry about it, but I felt like doing it better so I could get my efficiency as high as possible. So here's what I came up with. It worked perfectly with water, getting every drop out of the bottom of the tun. I plan on brewing next Friday, so I'll get to test it with grain.
I took an old racking cane without the bottom cap and cut an angle in the bottom using a hot knife, like a short inverted U. I then covered the end with a piece from an old mesh grain bag and secured it with a SS band to filter the grain.
Once you sparge out as much as you can, tilt the cooler to one side, push the cane to the bottom edge, and siphon off the wort into the kettle.
Like I said, I've only tried it with water so far, so I don't know yet how it will perform with grain against it, but we'll see next week.
Any thoughts or suggested improvements?