Mashing

Mashing
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anybody used one of these before?

Stainless Steel Bazooka Screen hooked up to a square cooler, instead of the false bottom system?

thanks

2

Yes, I did it that way for years. Works very well. Never a stuck mash.

3

I use one, but in a 10 gallon round Rubbermaid cooler. Works great.

4

Stainless steel water line braid. Less expensive.

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Yep. Having used both the braid and a Bazooka, I find the wort clears more quickly using the braid.

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I got stuck mashes all the time when I used a bazooka screen. I just fitted my cooler with a braid a couple days ago, looking forward to checking it out.

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Yep. Having used both the braid and a Bazooka, I find the wort clears more quickly using the braid.[/quote]
Why do you suppose there’d be a difference Denny?

I could see this, the braid is certainly not as fine as a mesh screen. You can still stick a braid with a fine enough grist and/or gooey adjuncts.

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Same here! I only had 1 stuck mash, but that was my fault. I had double milled rye malt.

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Yep. Having used both the braid and a Bazooka, I find the wort clears more quickly using the braid.[/quote]
Why do you suppose there’d be a difference Denny?
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I attribute it to the finer mesh on the braid. Other than the clearing, though, the Bazooka worked fine for me.

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One more vote for the braid, but please allow me to make a couple of suggestions from experience.

1, A 6" braid will work just as well or better than a 12" braid so don’t pay for the longer line,and it won’t interfere as much when you stir the mash.

2, Wear gloves when you remove the braid from the plastic liner. I have no mechanical ability what so ever, and by the time I got it apart my hands looked like I had been wrestling a PO’d wet cat.

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[quote=“flytyer”]One more vote for the braid, but please allow me to make a couple of suggestions from experience.

1, A 6" braid will work just as well or better than a 12" braid so don’t pay for the longer line,and it won’t interfere as much when you stir the mash.

2, Wear gloves when you remove the braid from the plastic liner. I have no mechanical ability what so ever, and by the time I got it apart my hands looked like I had been wrestling a PO’d wet cat.[/quote]

Great suggestions!