Bottom Drain Keg Mash Tun

I like to do 1 5 quarts water lb of grain.

Bottom drain keg mash tun.

Using a false bottom and a couple tri clover type fitting i could get a keg mash tun that truly drained from the bottom without the need of a pick up tube. For the mash i add heated water to the grain already in the tun mix well and then wrap the whole thing in about 12 large bath towels two on the bottom. False bottoms conversion keg 15 5 gal straight wall to mash lauter tun the items on this page list anything that goes inside the keg or attaches directly to the wall of the keg. The more interesting use is for keg based brewing vessel bottom drains.

I think its an interesting idea. The reason i cut out the bottom of the keg instead of the top is to used the already domed portion of the top of the keg along with the sanke fitting to make a bottom feeding drain. Keg converting hlt boil kettle mash tun hot liquor tank duration. The home brew network 131 884 views.

This is accomplished with a 1 2 coupler some stainless steel pipe and a ball valve. Turn used keg into a boiler for moonshine still or homebrew duration. Simply stretch some silicone tubing over the male npt portion of the triclover and you ve got an airtight blowoff tube. And i like the idea of building something sort of unique although i have heard of people doing this i haven t seen to many of them in pictures on posts.

External accessories such as ball valves nipples etc are listed in other pages of our web store. How to make a bottom drain mash tun duration. Anthony bot 21 988. The first simple use is to turn a keg into a fermenter.

Cut the bottom of the keg out and then flip it over so that the valve neck is facing down.