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[BFB]

Sometimes I feel like I'm in the minority when it comes to square manifold in round MT. After trying nearly every falsebottom/screen scenario I went back to JP's mash tun geometry and found that a copper manifold was the most versatile and efficient setup for any type of mash/recirc. method. Not stuck mashes, no channeling, and no soldering. You can see I started with a round cooler for a MT but swapped with my sanke HLT, which I now direct fire. The manifold fit perfectly from cooler to sanke. I heat sparge water in my boil kettle during the mash, and pump to the cooler which I gravity feed to the MT for my sparge. The manifold floats over the domed bottom of the sanke so I get great flow during my recirc without channeling. It doesn't seem to matter which direction the pipes run and I never knock it off while doughing in.

What kind of efficiencies are you getting with that in the keg. I've been kicking around trying a manifold in my keg just for the fun of it. Batch sparge or fly sparge?

[siouxbrewer]

Fly sparge. With my new monster mill I've been hitting low 80's, has me thinking about adjusting recipes. I say go for it. Cheap and easy, just the way I like it