Went to the dump the other day and found a set of kegs off to the side, that apparently had been owned by a homebrewer before me, because they had the tops cut out already and one of them even had a ball valve and, get this, a stainless steel false bottom installed in it. What the! I grabbed that thing in about 3 seconds flat and it was in my car, paid for, and we were out of there in no time. When I got home, this is what I had:
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| Bargain! |
After that, it was a matter of taking apart my existing mash/lauter tun and reconfiguring mine to essentially be just like this one, but with this SS false bottom installed in my kettle. Why not just use this kettle? This one has a weldless ball valve installed and it was a 3/8ths size, whereas I use 1/2 stuff throughout. The conversion was easy enough though.. here's a pictorial of the conversion:
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| Parts needed. Total $2.45 |
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| Gut the old setup.. |
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| Dip tube construction.. |
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| Add a collar to stop the false bottom from floating up.. |
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| Stopper demonstrated |
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| Finished install! |
Now, I just need to brew with the thing.. direct fire RIMS system achieved!
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