thisoneguy
Well-Known Member
When I converted my cooler to a MLT, I made a copper manifold. I've been getting good efficiency into the kettle, but I've been having a hard time getting my wort to clear when lautering. I think this is mostly due to some of the slots on my manifold being wider than I meant them to be (my rotary tool didn't cooperate with me all the time, especially when the cutting piece started to wear). I think this is letting some husks and little particles into the boil, which I'd like to solve.
To that end, I decided that I would just get a SS braid and go that route, since I'm a batch sparger. But then I read about some people getting lower efficiency with a braid than with the manifold, because the braid has a tendency to go all over the place in the MLT. This isn't a really big deal, but I don't really want to have to go through trying to dial in the numbers on my system again.
Then I got the idea that I could put a braid OVER my manifold, thinking this would give me the best of both worlds: the same efficiency as my copper manifold, and the increased straining power of the braid.
Has anyone else done this? Is there some kind of downside that I'm not thinking of?
To that end, I decided that I would just get a SS braid and go that route, since I'm a batch sparger. But then I read about some people getting lower efficiency with a braid than with the manifold, because the braid has a tendency to go all over the place in the MLT. This isn't a really big deal, but I don't really want to have to go through trying to dial in the numbers on my system again.
Then I got the idea that I could put a braid OVER my manifold, thinking this would give me the best of both worlds: the same efficiency as my copper manifold, and the increased straining power of the braid.
Has anyone else done this? Is there some kind of downside that I'm not thinking of?