False Mash Tun Floor.. Recommend This?

[Kai]

Bare feet and boiling wort, ummmm a new brewer :lol:.

Or a hobbit.

 

[domonsura]

or ucks sake Tony, I think your keyboard might be ucked :lol:

 

[schooey]

yEah i used to brew bare ooted and one day one o the bricks i had my kettle sitting on cacked in hal. The kettle didnt all over but i did look at my eet and thought to mysel how much un it would be to dance in boiling sugary liquid. Ive had a 2 nad 3rd degree steam burn that stripped all the skin rom my cal muscle and it was not an enjoyable experience. I wear leather boots when brewing now.

Note: The key between D and G on my laptop keyboard just died. Ahhhhh uck it!!!

cheers

I told you it was a piece of shit. Still better than mine, mine decided to pack in a HDD today.. :blink:

 

[Tony]

yeah but its a ree hunk o junk. Just sent an email to IT telling them to have a replacement next time in the o..ice.

Ohhhhh its going to be a painull week till i get there.

anyway back to topic.... didnt mean to hjack

cheers

 

[Adamt]

Yes, back to the alse perorated mash tun loor thingy.

Rockin49: You do not want your hot wort splashing. This causes aeration; i.e. air dissolves in the wort and will oxidise it and make it taste like sherry/cardboard, which is not good. Aeration is only good for your wort at room temperature immediately prior to pitching yeast.

 

[Ross]

Ive had a 2 nad 3rd degree steam burn

:lol: The mind boggles :lol:

 

[warrenlw63]

Ive had a 2 nad 3rd degree steam burn

Could be worse. Could be a 2 nad on the go-nad.

Warren -

 

[Doogiechap]

yEah i used to brew bare ooted and one day one o the bricks i had my kettle sitting on cacked in hal. The kettle didnt all over but i did look at my eet and thought to mysel how much un it would be to dance in boiling sugary liquid. Ive had a 2 nad 3rd degree steam burn that stripped all the skin rom my cal muscle and it was not an enjoyable experience. I wear leather boots when brewing now.

Note: The key between D and G on my laptop keyboard just died. Ahhhhh uck it!!!

cheers

Sorry to perpetuate the OT but Tony I didn't think there was anything wrong with your keyboard when first reading your reply I just put it down to your glorious spelling ala Rice Gulls :lol: .
Sorry mate
Love your posts !
Cheers
Doug

 

[Cortez The Killer]

My false bottom arrived from beer belly yesterday

I installed it last night

It's a mean looking piece of equipment!

It sits flush the bottom of the esky - but it doesn't run parallel with the side of the esky (as my tap is not installed in the centre of side of the esky) - i don't think it'll affect pick-up though

My old manifold seemed to be losing siphon toward the end of draining - got a little annoying doing a dance with the mash tun on my shoulder getting the remaining wort out

After initial tests with plain water last night - it looks like this will not be a problem any longer

I'll report back after its maiden voyage - but it definitely looks the goods!

I am already getting 75-80% efficiency - so it'll be interesting to see if this improves - though I don't see how efficiency is affected when batch sparging

Also the tubing supplied with the falsie is pretty cool - who would have thought of putting a wire in the tube wall - it's brilliant!

Cheers

 

[rockin49]

My false bottom arrived from beer belly yesterday

I installed it last night

It's a mean looking piece of equipment!

It sits flush the bottom of the esky - but it doesn't run parallel with the side of the esky (as my tap is not installed in the centre of side of the esky) - i don't think it'll affect pick-up though

My old manifold seemed to be losing siphon toward the end of draining - got a little annoying doing a dance with the mash tun on my shoulder getting the remaining wort out

After initial tests with plain water last night - it looks like this will not be a problem any longer

I'll report back after its maiden voyage - but it definitely looks the goods!

I am already getting 75-80% efficiency - so it'll be interesting to see if this improves - though I don't see how efficiency is affected when batch sparging

Also the tubing supplied with the falsie is pretty cool - who would have thought of putting a wire in the tube wall - it's brilliant!

Cheers

How did you end up going with the screen? Subsequent brew days for me have turned out alright (except the one where the esky handle broke and the falsie hose dislodged itself). Will be doing another brew this weekend with a 55L Willow Esky and some better fittings..

Dan

 

[Cortez The Killer]

Finally used the falsie and am very pleased with the results

It took about 3 litres of recirculating to clear up the mashout/sparge - but after that it was smooth sailing

The amount left behind in the tun was negligible

Can highly recommend it - brilliant design

Cheers