Barley Belly's False Bottom

Post #1 made 14 years ago
Here a few pics of my custom false bottom. I originally planned to use a big stainless sifter as a false bottom to keep my bag away from my element. But I wasn't really happy with the idea and yearned for something better. An idea came to me and I got a local stainless fabricator to build it for me. All for $50.

It's 340mm in diameter, which fits nicely inside my 355mm urn and has 50mm feet on it which keeps my bag a safe distance from the element and best of all it's stainless.
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Last edited by Barley Belly on 25 Jan 2011, 03:35, edited 5 times in total.

Post #3 made 14 years ago
They were much sharper. I rounded them off and polished them up.

I gave it test run last night with no dramas.

There is only around 10mm between it and the side of the pot all round and I keep the bag high, so I'm hoping the bag will be round at the bottom a little thus keeping the edges of the bag from catching. Worked the two times I have used it so far.

Post #4 made 14 years ago
No worries, I had another look at the pictures after my other post and saw that they had been rounded. I'm just paramoid about tearing a bag and spilling grain into the wort.
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