Get a brewing sock. Put your grains in the sock.

Roy

"Tpeters" <tobypeters@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F7GdnYbZDoNteSHYnZ2dnUVZ_t6qnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=blue]
> I'm on my 6th batch of homebrew, 5 different types (one type I have done
> twice) - so I am still quite new to this. I have noticed some transfers
> to the primary have had more stuff to strain out than others.
>
> I siphon from my brewpot into my primary. When I use a bucket I strain it
> through a large stainless kitchen strainer. Some batches this works for
> the whole transfer, some I have to stop when the strainer gets clogged and
> remove the gunk before I continue the siphon. My last batch I used a 6.5
> gal carboy for my primary. I used a stainless funnel with the same large
> strainer on top of it and it worked just fine.[/color]