Bazooka screen and cooked grain.

Rocky_Creek · Post by **Rocky_Creek** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:29 am

I have had no problem with draining mash through the bazooka screen in the bottom of my fermenter. If I cook grain am I likely to produce some kind of goop that would clog it up?

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:02 pm

Whats a bazooka screen?

Rocky_Creek · Post by **Rocky_Creek** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:07 pm

It's a stainless filter. Mine is about 1 1/2 inches by 12 inches. Goes instde the fermenter and strains the liquid when you drain the fermenter. About like screen wire.

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:41 pm

Well if you siphon off the clear (dry ferment) and let what grains you have just drip (patience) for a while you should be OK. If the mesh is about like a door screen it'll be a very slow go if you let it all run through.

Tater posted some pictures awhile back in his cookie mash post that showed using a somewhat loose woven blanket. I think i'm gonna try that when my current grain mash is ready. My past mashes I don't think were completely done and I had onehellofatime gettin' em strained.

Pillow case myass!

possum · Post by **possum** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:59 am

Some stuff is likley to plug it up. ROLLED OATS AND RYE might be too smoshey to let the filter work. If you are doing a starch to sugar conversion before the mash goes into the fermenter, you should have less gummy starches to clog up your screen. Cornmeals and un-converted flour washes would probably be a nightmare.