I totally agree. Unfortunately, I have a welded-in thermowell so I'd have to change kettles...and get a new bigger basket. Perhaps if/when I move from a 15g kettle to a 20g kettle....
Only one brew in the new basket so far; at this point I don't think I'd change the filter mesh. 400 micron seems to work just fine. Clarity of finished product with this first batch is good; on par with what I've achieved with fabric bag BIAB method.
My basket uses 400 micron; worked very well for me but I have never used other mesh sizes so can't really say if it is the best. I recirculate using a chugger pump and have no flow issues; see photo.
I had Graydon at Utah Biodiesel build a custom basket with swing-out hooks for me; more details here:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=7001855&postcount=1
Works great!
Foxpaw -- yep. Bag was great to get started with 1-vessel brewing, but after 2 bags I wanted something more durable.
Zaptop -- born in USA, but grandparents from Sverige...
Bellybuster -- great minds think alike! How did you fabricate yours? Pictures?
Alphaomega -- good point. I suppose I...
The brew before last my BIAB bag ripped, dumping the grains and ruining the batch - a California Common. It was actually the first batch of home-brew I ever had to dump after 3 years :mad:
So, I designed a stainless steel metal mesh filter basket to custom-fit my 15g kettle instead of...
Same thing happened to me last week brewing a 9 gal batch of California Common.
After removing the bag we ran the pump for 10 min or so, recirculating back into the kettle through a hand-held kitchen strainer. I had thought not much grain escaped from the 2" tear, but we filled up the filter a...
I brewed a RR consecration clone about 1.5 years ago, added oak chips about 2 months ago, and bottled about 2 weeks ago. It tasted fantastic before the oak, great but a little too oaky after the oak chips (4 weeks on oak would have been better than 6 weeks I think). Sampled a bottle last week...
I'm enjoying the results of my first brew with the technique, which I have to say is my best batch yet out of 7-8 batches.
What I like / worked well:
- Fermenting in a sealed keg. Don't have to worry about infection, light, O2. Easy to pull samples.
- Fermenting in keg in a kegerator...
Every motor is different, so you may have to alter your reference design wiring diagram based on the actual motor you are using. I used the wiring diagram provided by Bodine support (CONNECTION DIAGRAM 07410021; see one of my previous posts) during my testing phase. If you want to make the motor...
You may want to get a switch if you want to be able to reverse the motor during normal operation; see my earlier post for what I am putting together.
I got the same model motor from the same ebay seller. It came with a capacitor and die cast terminal box. The capacitor is available from Bodine...