Recipe for the Barrel Aged Stout

[Cathal O D]

Cool.  im going for a 90min mash as it loses temperature longer than that.

[beerfly]

i found the extra grain and lack of headspace seemed to hold the temp longer

[Cathal O D]

Hops !

[JoeyD]

I have a burco like that Cathal, do you have a hops strainer on that?

I used a paint strainer bag that Shane gave me but a strainer would be the job.

[Cathal O D]

I cut a circle out of stainless steel mesh and made a false bottom out of it.

[Ciderhead]

and if the rebels try to charge the portcullis you can pour the boiling tar down on top of them, is that safe perched there

[Shanna]

Hi Cathal O D

Would you mind posting where you got the stainless steel mesh please?

Shanna

I cut a circle out of stainless steel mesh and made a false bottom out of it.

[JoeyD]

Even just a pic of the inside of your burco would be good!  I need to do something with it, its wrecking my head.

[Cathal O D]

Here is a picture of the inside of my boiler. I use 5 two inch bolts to keep tye the mesh off the bottom. Im going to replace them with stainless steel bolts as you can see they have rusted. The handel is for lifting it out after the boil.

This is where I got the mesh.

Graepel Perforators and Weavers Ltd.
Unit 6, Ballymount Road Ind. Est., Lwr. Ballymount Rd.,
Walkinstown, Dublin 12, Ireland
http://www.graepel.ie/

[Will_D]

Thats a great link to a supplier.

What were they like? Did they sell you an offcut? A sheet?

[Cathal O D]

They were good. They quoted me for a full sheet but I got 1.5m x 1m for about €30. I also used this to make a false bottom for my mash tun. It actually sits directly on top of my copper manifold. I still have loads left over that im going to use for another project.

[Shanna]

Hi Cathal,

A few more questions?

What wire diameter and clear mesh size did you get?
How difficult was it to cut?
How strong is it?

Shanna

They were good. They quoted me for a full sheet but I got 1.5m x 1m for about €30. I also used this to make a false bottom for my mash tun. It actually sits directly on top of my copper manifold. I still have loads left over that im going to use for another project.

[Cathal O D]

No. 10 mesh (10 holes to the inch) x 0.56mm dia stainless steel wire with a 1.98mm app.

I tried using a wire cutter at first with limited success. A hacksaw was much better.