Stainless Flywire

[woodwormm]

would stainless flywire work as a BIAB basket ?

would stainless flywire work as a hop spider?

would potentially be the same vessel...

 

[woodwormm]

insert chirping crickets here......

anyone, anyone, Bueller, Bueller?

anyone got any experience using stainless flywire in brewing gear?

 

[djar007]

I use it as a mesh screen in my kettle. Under a perf plate. It would work as a BIAB but harder to clean

 

[QldKev]

As long as you don't fill your brew more than knee-deep


I like the idea, I think it could be useful for a few ideas in the brewery.

 

[JaseH]

I saw a few hop spiders made from stainless mesh on one of the US forums a while ago. I liked the idea and always wanted to try it. I think the trick was getting the right gauge mesh(gap vs wire size). I worry about my hop sock spider that I'm not getting the hop utilisation I could be.

 

[QldKev]

Also Termi-mesh could be good as it's a bit finer mesh and a lot more rigid.

If you are worried about your hop spider and utilization I would make the spider bigger.

 

[JaseH]

Here's an example:

http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/Hop-Spider-with-rigid-bottom-_p_123.html

Also Termi-mesh could be good as it's a bit finer mesh and a lot more rigid.

If you are worried about your hop spider and utilization I would make the spider bigger.

Its not so much the size, using a sock it just collapses in on the hops and the sock material tends to gunk up with trub or protein gunk or whatever it is, reducing the free flow of wort through the sock. I usually stick a bent up coat hanger inside the sock to keep it more 'open' but am always thinking there is a better way.

 

[breakbeer]

Here's an example:

http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/Hop-Spider-with-rigid-bottom-_p_123.html

That's frickin' awesome!

must.stop.buying.brew.bling

 

[blotto]

I know Nev uses a mesh basket to hold his hops in the boil seems to work well. You will have to join it well to hold the grain but I cant see a problem using it in BIAB.

 

[breakbeer]

I've decided I really want/need one of these:

http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/Hop-Spider-with-seam-welds_p_158.html

Is there anything like this available in Australia?

Has anyone on here bought anything from that site?

 

[punkin]

I stock something similar, but it's smaller than what that looks. Designed to fit in 4" stainless pipe as part of a Gin Basket, it's roughly 20cm high by 100mm across. It fits stainless TC pipe, so could easily be adapted to a hopback, but may be too small for a hop sack in the boil.


Just went out and checked, they are 98mm diameter and 180mm deep. Probably too small for anything but a hopback.



If you did want them custom made from this material, what size would you want them to be? What fittings would you want, or would you want to customise these for your own setup and leave the basket free of fittings so it could be used by others for other purposes?

 

[MastersBrewery]

Punkin, I'd be thinking somewhere in the region of 400- 500mm tall 160-200mm diameter with a solid stainless rim possibly with a hook, any one wanting a spider would only have to drill and insert thread all. That would cover most boil kettles. If these were available locally at a decent cost, it would be on the to buy list for sure.

 

[kezza]

I've decided I really want/need one of these:

http://www.stainlessbrewing.com/Hop-Spider-with-seam-welds_p_158.html

Is there anything like this available in Australia?

Has anyone on here bought anything from that site?

i have spoken to the bloke that runs the site he is willing to send to Australia at cost of shipping i was looking at the keg dry hopper

 

[adryargument]

If you did want them custom made from this material, what size would you want them to be? What fittings would you want, or would you want to customise these for your own setup and leave the basket free of fittings so it could be used by others for other purposes?

Would be easier if it was the same width as the kettle. Complete hop utilisation - then you just lift it out to whirlpool

 

[MastersBrewery]

Would be easier if it was the same width as the kettle. Complete hop utilisation - then you just lift it out to whirlpool

it would work, but you'd be heating up a lot more stainless so time to get to boil would increase

 

[Camo6]

I stock something similar, but it's smaller than what that looks. Designed to fit in 4" stainless pipe as part of a Gin Basket, it's roughly 20cm high by 100mm across. It fits stainless TC pipe, so could easily be adapted to a hopback, but may be too small for a hop sack in the boil.


Just went out and checked, they are 98mm diameter and 180mm deep. Probably too small for anything but a hopback.

ginbasket7.jpg

If you did want them custom made from this material, what size would you want them to be? What fittings would you want, or would you want to customise these for your own setup and leave the basket free of fittings so it could be used by others for other purposes?

I've got an old stainless milk sock filter I'd love to adapt to a hopback. The ID is about 74mm and length over 500mm. Something like that would be perfect. Not very practical for anything else though.

 

[breakbeer]

I stock something similar, but it's smaller than what that looks. Designed to fit in 4" stainless pipe as part of a Gin Basket, it's roughly 20cm high by 100mm across. It fits stainless TC pipe, so could easily be adapted to a hopback, but may be too small for a hop sack in the boil.


Just went out and checked, they are 98mm diameter and 180mm deep. Probably too small for anything but a hopback.

ginbasket7.jpg

If you did want them custom made from this material, what size would you want them to be? What fittings would you want, or would you want to customise these for your own setup and leave the basket free of fittings so it could be used by others for other purposes?

I have a 70L single vessel set up & on a single batch my pre boil would be around 35L. So the hop spider would need to long enough to reach down further than halfway but not so long that it touches the element. I reckon 300 - 320mm would be the sweet spot and maybe around 150 - 200mm diameter. As Masters said, a stainless rim around the top & a hook would be awesome.

 

[Yob]

Ive been wondering about something like >THIS< for 0 min additions for flowers.. for a couple of bucks what can possibly go wrong?

 

[eamonnfoley]

I stock something similar, but it's smaller than what that looks. Designed to fit in 4" stainless pipe as part of a Gin Basket, it's roughly 20cm high by 100mm across. It fits stainless TC pipe, so could easily be adapted to a hopback, but may be too small for a hop sack in the boil.


Just went out and checked, they are 98mm diameter and 180mm deep. Probably too small for anything but a hopback.

ginbasket7.jpg

If you did want them custom made from this material, what size would you want them to be? What fittings would you want, or would you want to customise these for your own setup and leave the basket free of fittings so it could be used by others for other purposes?

That thing is nice. I've wanted something like this that would sit nicely in a 50-70L pot, say with a diameter of about 30cm, and would be about the same height as the pot (about 50cm), with a handle (as in your photo) for removing. It would make for a good single vessel HERMS. No compaction or "bag sucking".

The large size hop spider (8-5/8" by 18") linked above looks awesome also. Maybe a bit too narrow in dia for a grain application, but close to perfect.

 

[hotmelt]

What about these?