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I had another brew (this one won't be able to come to GF 
) today. An American IPA using Amarillo and Williamette hops. Weighing in at a beefy 1062 SG and 57.5 IBU.
The volume of water at mash in and grains was really pushing the limits of what my kit can do for a 5 Gallon batch (I use US gallons, then convert to litres). But against all odds the mash went perfectly.
The manifold didn't try to dismantle itself mid brew (It isn't fun trying to reassemble a manifold that is covered in grains and water at 68°C) and I didn't manage to spill half the wort (I should have video'd it to prove it to Rich
).
Everything went well up until the end of the boil. Tried to drain the kettle and it kept clogging. In the end I had to manually decant a whole heap of wort/trub/mess. I must have left about a gallon in the kettle.
Any suggestions as to a design of hop strainer to prevent this from happening? I've attached a picture of what I'm using.
It is a ring of 10mm microbore copper pipe. There is a series of cuts about 1-2mm in width that go half way into the pipe. When in use these would face downwards.
Any suggestions on how to improve this? It is easily removed for modification and I am pretty easy w.r.t. fashioning a new one.
) today. An American IPA using Amarillo and Williamette hops. Weighing in at a beefy 1062 SG and 57.5 IBU.The volume of water at mash in and grains was really pushing the limits of what my kit can do for a 5 Gallon batch (I use US gallons, then convert to litres). But against all odds the mash went perfectly.
The manifold didn't try to dismantle itself mid brew (It isn't fun trying to reassemble a manifold that is covered in grains and water at 68°C) and I didn't manage to spill half the wort (I should have video'd it to prove it to Rich
).Everything went well up until the end of the boil. Tried to drain the kettle and it kept clogging. In the end I had to manually decant a whole heap of wort/trub/mess. I must have left about a gallon in the kettle.
Any suggestions as to a design of hop strainer to prevent this from happening? I've attached a picture of what I'm using.
It is a ring of 10mm microbore copper pipe. There is a series of cuts about 1-2mm in width that go half way into the pipe. When in use these would face downwards.
Any suggestions on how to improve this? It is easily removed for modification and I am pretty easy w.r.t. fashioning a new one.
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