manticle
Standing up for the Aussie Bottler
Cheers mate.
Cocko is right about the price of a falsie, but I am more than happy with my manifold getting a reliable 80%+ efficiency
Go the BB Falsie(sorry all), efficiency has shot through the roof with this bit of kit and well worth the $$$$, stuff screwing around with a manifold... h34r: (never had one)...
Been getting great efficiency with the Falsie and prob. other brewing practices, last brew got me 90-94%....
Do what serves you well.....
:icon_cheers: CB
Agree it is a great bit of kit CB.... BUT in the bottom of a 100L tun it is not, that is why I went the Mani...
In a 55L square it is the ultimate me thinks but any else should be considered on case by case...
14c
Forgot to include the photo of the bits of pipe I hope to make the manifold from which might make the question make more sense. Remnants of my 3 m coil or do I need to start again?
??? inside joke maybe?
Another one mashing to hot.
Batz
Noone else has mentioned this yet, so I guess you'll be fine, but I was in Bunnings yesterday looking at some taps very similar to the one you're using, and when looking inside it seemed to have a very restricted flow-path, so I was worried that it might get clogged with grain when you recycle your first runnings. I guess if you make sure that most of the crud is filtered by the braid or manifold then you should be right, but if it was not already too late, I'd have suggested a ball-style-tap instead.I'm currently making a mash tun from a recently purchased 26 L esky. I've drilled out the front of the esky, fitted a threaded pipe and tap and sealed the threads with thread tape.
So far, so good - easy and fun.
Noone else has mentioned this yet, so I guess you'll be fine, but I was in Bunnings yesterday looking at some taps very similar to the one you're using, and when looking inside it seemed to have a very restricted flow-path, so I was worried that it might get clogged with grain when you recycle your first runnings. I guess if you make sure that most of the crud is filtered by the braid or manifold then you should be right, but if it was not already too late, I'd have suggested a ball-style-tap instead.
As for the manifold, IMHO it depends on what sparge method you plan to use, if you're going to batch sparge anything is much the same, just get the liquid out as quickly as possible, but for continuous-sparging you'll want to follow the principles and designs show on HowToBrew.
Why so screwtop? I thought 66 was about right?
62-63C for my taste preference. 66 is pretty high, expecially with 100% grain...
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