Fat Bastard
Brew Cvlt Doom
- Joined
- 11/8/11
- Messages
- 914
- Reaction score
- 226
I've been looking at one of those cheap brown pumps for mash recirculation on my 1V system (Think BIAB minus the bag) but I'm looking at doing a recirculated whirlpool with it as well. I run a 36 litre stockpot and until recently struggled to get a good whirlpool by stirring until I used a 1/2" dowel as a paddle.
I ran an experiment last night with a basic 1/2" 'over the side' wort return and tap pressure to get a pile of tea-leaves in the middle of the kettle, but I didn't feel that the velocity of fluid I could get from the tap was adequate to get a good whirlpool going, despite much mucking around with the outlet I arrived at the generally accepted 30 degreees from the tangent by experimentation.
Would forking out 10 times as much for a March pump improve this? What about those half price mag drive pumps Craftbrewer sell? What is Sydney tap pressure anyway?
Any advice, abuse or instructions on how to use the search application greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
FB
I ran an experiment last night with a basic 1/2" 'over the side' wort return and tap pressure to get a pile of tea-leaves in the middle of the kettle, but I didn't feel that the velocity of fluid I could get from the tap was adequate to get a good whirlpool going, despite much mucking around with the outlet I arrived at the generally accepted 30 degreees from the tangent by experimentation.
Would forking out 10 times as much for a March pump improve this? What about those half price mag drive pumps Craftbrewer sell? What is Sydney tap pressure anyway?
Any advice, abuse or instructions on how to use the search application greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
FB