For anyone that is using a hop-back, do you gravity feed into it from the kettle before the kettle pump, or place it after the pump before the HX?
I was considering building a hop back out of a converted keg by using a false bottom installed about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the keg and installing two 1.5 inch tri-clamp fittings , one above (inlet) and one below the false bottom (outlet.) The access fitting at the top of the keg would be large enough to remove the false bottom and be pressure rated.
I was thinking of positioning this design after my kettle pump and before a strainer (like those found on G.W Kent.)
I am not sure how it would work from an engineering standpoint - Anyone have anything similar to this?
I was considering building a hop back out of a converted keg by using a false bottom installed about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the keg and installing two 1.5 inch tri-clamp fittings , one above (inlet) and one below the false bottom (outlet.) The access fitting at the top of the keg would be large enough to remove the false bottom and be pressure rated.
I was thinking of positioning this design after my kettle pump and before a strainer (like those found on G.W Kent.)
I am not sure how it would work from an engineering standpoint - Anyone have anything similar to this?
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