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.
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.
Homebrewstuff stainless steel sanke keg keggle conversion kit with flat false bottom valve weldless bulkhead this weldless mash keg conversion kit is a great way to turn that 15 5 gallon keg you have into an efficient mash tun or as a very effective whole hop filter in your boil kettle.
How to make a bottom drain mash tun duration.
Cut the bottom of the keg out and then flip it over so that the valve neck is facing down.
The more interesting use is for keg based brewing vessel bottom drains.
I like to do 1 5 quarts water lb of grain.
Simply stretch some silicone tubing over the male npt portion of the triclover and you ve got an airtight blowoff tube.
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The first simple use is to turn a keg into a fermenter.
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.
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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.
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I think its an interesting idea.
Turn used keg into a boiler for moonshine still or homebrew duration.
This is accomplished with a 1 2 coupler some stainless steel pipe and a ball valve.
External accessories such as ball valves nipples etc are listed in other pages of our web store.