Bazooka Filters in Cool Box Mash Tuns

[nicksonic]

Hi, I currently use a 6" bazooka as the filter in my (converted cool box) mash tun and it works perfectly. I'm scaling up to a 160L brew length so will be using roughly 4x the amount of grain, i.e. about 18kg in a 100L cool box. Would a 12" bazooka still be viable with this amount of grain?

Obviously I could build a manifold or similar but the advantage of the bazooka is that it just screws onto the tap fitting so it's very simple.

Cheers,

Nick

[sbond10]

I'd say yea but how you gonna stop it collapsing

[nicksonic]

Well yes, that's my concern. I don't really want to get the bazooka, put the mash on and then find it's crushed under the weight.

[Bern]

You could try sliding some 2 inch drain pipe over the filter that would protect it from the weight of the mash.
maybe cut a load of slots in the plastic pipe first,just an idea.

Bern

[nicksonic]

Cheers, a good shout