Building a keggle

[1971hemicuda]

So, I'm building my first keggle and I'm curious about the pickup tube for the bulkhead. I have 2 ideas.

1) have the pickup tube bend back around and pick up from the side of the keg so that I don't get a lot of trub in my fermentor

2) install a false bottom/ pickup tube that pulls from the very bottom of the keg.

Will the false bottom filter the cold/hot break well enough? Or should I go with the side tube (immersion chill with whirlpool)

Cheers!

 

[slakwhere]

guys who have their pick up tube in the middle usually build some sort of hop stopper, mesh screen, etc to deal with break material and hops. it's more work to get something working.

the flip side is that the side pickup is much easier to implement, however you must calculate your loss based on the fact that your side pick up tube is going to leave a gallon in the kettle.

i use a side pickup, but as i brew 10 gal batches of bigger beers i am wondering if i'd rather have that gallon back as head space for boilover protection instead of ease of draining the kettle...

 

[1971hemicuda]

http://morebeer.com/view_product/19807//Weldless_Mash_Keg_Conversion_-_Stainless

I essentially decided I was going to try that. The False bottom with the center pick up tube. i have NO CLUE how well its going to screen out the break material, but its worth a shot. I tend to brew a decent amount of Belgian beers, so it would be nice to have the extra gallon NOT go to waste