Yesterday I got to make a little more headway with this project. I left the bag hanging for just about 48 hours. It seemed to drain quite well...
- Grain Drain...
This was how the grain looked almost all the way to the bottom of the bag. The very bottom was just little "mushy" but acceptable to me. From here I drained the rest of Bertha (the fermenter) and left a big amount of trub with some mash liquid still in there. I washed out the barrel and then used the geotextile thing to strain about 30 gallons out of my 5 gallon pails and back into the barrel. I ended with about 25 gallons of liquid that I am letting clear right now.
I poured the pails, trub and all, right through the geotextile fabric. I was expecting a little more trub removal from the fabric but we will see how it goes over the next few days. I think that MCH's orbital filter might be useful at this point for getting out the remaining mash liquid.
I'm guessing a run over the next few weeks through my flute so I will keep ya posted.
Oh yeah.... the bag is pristine (aside from a few corn stains) so I think that there is no need to protect the steam head. I also think that my next run will place the steam head right inside the bag.
The basement smells a little rough and I am going to have to get some febreeze or something...