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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:12 pm

I'm finding when I go to the upper grain volumes I can fit into my bag for the mash that the colander I've been using to rest the bag on is not wide/deep enough and I'm loosing liquid that is seeping from the side of the bag outside the rim of the pot. Anyone know where I could locate a deep colander or a wide one that only has drain holes at the bottom that would fit a pot with an 11" diameter.
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:16 pm

pet lion wrote:I'm finding when I go to the upper grain volumes I can fit into my bag for the mash that the colander I've been using to rest the bag on is not wide/deep enough and I'm loosing liquid that is seeping from the side of the bag outside the rim of the pot. Anyone know where I could locate a deep colander or a wide one that only has drain holes at the bottom that would fit a pot with an 11" diameter.
Colander I have is 13" diameter. I picked it up at Walmart. The handles rest on top of the keggle so everything seems to drain back into the keggle.
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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:24 pm

My colander rests on the edge of my pot too (I'm stove top brewing with a 16 quart pot) but it can't contain the grains enpugh even though I try tie up the top of the bag to try to keep it taller than wide.
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Post by Jimmy » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:19 pm

What about just sitting a bucket with holes drilled in the bottom on top of the pot? You can drill the holes so they are all within the opening of your pot.

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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:20 pm

Jimmy wrote:What about just sitting a bucket with holes drilled in the bottom on top of the pot? You can drill the holes so they are all within the opening of your pot.
Excellent idea!
Or even a wide, sturdy plastic bowl.
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Post by GuingesRock » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:22 pm

There's a good one at CT. It's called a BBQ wok.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2 ... ?locale=en

I think they have 2 sizes. The biggest is very big.
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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:29 pm

GuingesRock wrote:There's a good one at CT. It's called a BBQ wok.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2 ... ?locale=en

I think they have 2 sizes. The biggest is very big.
Looks like a good suggestion as well.
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Post by GuingesRock » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:38 pm

I found some pictures. I have one. My pot was just slightly too large for it, but I think your pot would support it all the way around. My one, the handles only rested on the rim of the pot and it wanted to collapse so I ended up putting a wire cake tray under it. Now I drain to another pot instead of pulling the bag...much less mess in the kitchen to clean up.
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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:31 pm

Hey Mark, is that 14" measurement for the diameter of the top rim or for the base? Thanks!
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Post by GuingesRock » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:36 pm

pet lion wrote:Hey Mark, is that 14" measurement for the diameter of the top rim or for the base? Thanks!
Just measured it. The top is 14" and the base is 10 ¾ "

That's a 27.5 lb (when it was dry) grain bill in the picture above. The grain in the picture is wet and draining. Maybe 50lbs weight? quite heavy any way.
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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:46 pm

Oh yeah! My grain bills are maxing out around 6.5 kg so about half what you have loaded on there.
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Post by RubberToe » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:49 pm

Jimmy wrote:What about just sitting a bucket with holes drilled in the bottom on top of the pot? You can drill the holes so they are all within the opening of your pot.
I came here to suggest that. I use 2 5 gallon buckes for wort drainage once I pull my bag. One has big holes drilled in the bottom and it sits inside the other.

Maybe you could find a bucket that fits snug in the top of your pot.
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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:58 pm

I think I would only go the bucket method if I cut off the top 2/3 of it so I could manoeuvre it under the bag easily in my little kitchen. I am pretty sure that stainless steel wok will be purchased from CT before my next brew day.
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Post by GuingesRock » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:08 pm

I think it will work well on an 11" pot. Good luck any way. I'd give you mine but my wife wants to have it to cook veg on the barbeque with. Other nice thing about it is you can chuck it in the dishwasher....always a bonus. Brewing seems to have endless cleaning jobs associated with it.
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:47 pm

There's a picture of my colander in action, probably a 5.5kg grain bill on that one.


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Post by pet lion » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:53 pm

Yeah, when I was maxing out at 5.5 kg it wasn't so much of a problem but I got a bigger bag to try to allow me more grains per brew my colander just isn't cutting it for the pot size I have.
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Post by ottiscan » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:35 am

A great source for collanders, etc., is Advantage Food Equipment on Mount Hope Ave. in Dartmouth (behind the Dart. Gen. Hsp.).
They have lots of industrial sized collanders, large stainless spoons, SS screens, etc., and most prices are quite reasonable. When I "sparge" the grain bag I try to raise it enough so that the sides don't touch the pot. I use a pizza pan with small holes in it on top of the grain to evenly distribute the "sparge" water.
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Post by dexter » Sun Sep 22, 2013 10:06 am

I use an oven rack from my microwave. Fits over my pot and it's sturdy enough to hold 16# or more I would assume.

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Post by GAM » Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:16 pm

LeafMan66_67 wrote:There's a picture of my colander in action, probably a 5.5kg grain bill on that one.


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Where did you get the colander?

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:19 pm

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Post by pet lion » Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:22 pm

Finally have a brew large enough to require using the bbq wok from CT. Fits my pot perfectly. Thanks again for the suggestion!
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Post by GuingesRock » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:20 pm

pet lion wrote:Finally have a brew large enough to require using the bbq wok from CT. Fits my pot perfectly. Thanks again for the suggestion!
Glad to hear it worked ok.

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