Whats a false bottom for?

[Kmcogar]

WHats a false bottom for?

 

[bchurch]

It's a trap door for your beer.

 

[Revvy]

It is a filter to separate the wort from the grain inside a mash tun. It has holes in it so the wort will fall through while leaving the grain behind. Then it goes through your spigot.

 

[Kmcogar]

It is a filter to separate the wort from the grain inside a mash tun. It has holes in it so the wort will fall through while leaving the grain behind. Then it goes through your spigot.

Interesting, I bought a brewpot on Craigslist a while ago with a false bottom. I've never even considered what it was doing in my brewpot. I use a cooler for my mashtun.

I guess I have no need for this false bottom

 

[static]

Could use it to filter whole hops.

 

[Revvy]

Kettles have them too, often used to filter trub and hops out of them.

 

[Kmcogar]

Well I just got a plate chiller on Craigslist so I am using a hop spider to filter right now....

 

[Crito]

IF its a big false bottom, keep it. large ones cost over 70 bucks. Good to have when you upgrade from a cooler to SS mash tun. (if you do),