What do you think of my mash tun and filtering system?

[radu]

Can anyone give some pros and cons for my mash tun and filtering system? Maybe I need to change something...

The filtering system was a bit more expensive the a usual one but...my dad helped me.

 

[unionrdr]

I like the screen setup. Should flow well.

 

[billl]

Looks nice for a batch sparge. If you want to fly sparge, it isn't symmetric, so you would get uneven flow rates through the grain bed. That isn't a concern at all for batch sparging but would limit your efficiency in fly sparging.

 

[radu]

Looks nice for a batch sparge. If you want to fly sparge, it isn't symmetric, so you would get uneven flow rates through the grain bed. That isn't a concern at all for batch sparging but would limit your efficiency in fly sparging.

Thank's. I only plan to do batch sparge.

 

[aspiffymofo]

That is cool looking! What is the manifold from? Looks like it will be easy to disassemble.

 

[radu]

That is cool looking! What is the manifold from? Looks like it will be easy to disassemble.

It's made from brass and aluminium. Yes, it's really easy to disassemble

 

[Natdavis777]

Looks nice!


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[LandoLincoln]

Uh, well...it's...different.

If this were mine, my primary concern would be the amount of grain that could get in between everything where I couldn't get a spoon to stir up the grains, which would lead to dough balls and reduced efficiency. So I would make sure to put a lot of strike water in the pot first, definitely enough to cover the manifold, and then start to add the grain while I continued to add water and stir. Maybe even add all of the water first and then add the grain.

A lesser concern might be the mesh on the screens being a bit too fine. But they should be okay. Only one way to find out for sure.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

My concern would be the diameter of the screens... once the tops are out of the wort your flow will stop won't it? I think you will be leaving behind a lot of sweet wort to dead space in that.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah, it is kind of hard to tell how close to the bottom the screens are?