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Excuse my ignorance but why not just clean the maltpipe and bottom screen after the mash and while the wort is coming to a boil. Then just reinsert the maltpipe with the bottom screen and use that to filter the hops, would that not work just as well, or better than a false bottom? Interested in the opinions?
I've heard this done (though not done it myself). Essentially you create a giant hop spider from the grain basket. Seems a simple solution (provided you don't get boilover whilst you're cleaning the grain basket)
 
I've heard this done (though not done it myself). Essentially you create a giant hop spider from the grain basket. Seems a simple solution (provided you don't get boilover whilst you're cleaning the grain basket)
Should work like giant hop spider but I was thinking if it being more like a false bottom. Why buy something extra when you already have a solution in your armoury?
 
Should work like giant hop spider but I was thinking if it being more like a false bottom. Why buy something extra when you already have a solution in your armoury?
Personally: I already had a hop spider. It gives me more time to clean the grain basket during the boil rather than rushing to do it between sparge and boil.

If I didn't already have a hop spider I'd probably use the grain basket as one.
 
Anyone who has the false bottom, anyone found the ring pull nut/bolt a nightmare? Trying to think of a decent replacement for it.
 
Maybe it's me, but I am wondering why these methods are so labour intensive when the old way was far less so? I mash in a converted coolbox and simply scoop out the grain with a small plastic shovel and then our local farrner feeds the spent grain to the sheep. I use a simple boiler for the hop boil with hops always loose. Again, I just empty the trub out and use the shovel. I have never needed a false bottom or any automation. Just my way perhaps but the great advantage is there is nothing that can go wrong on a brewing day which I can't fix there and then.
 

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