But the cloth has really large holes to let out all the amoeba's(is that the plural for amoeba? is there a plural?)It's loose woven.-bri

I have been composting for many years, but last year was the first time I'd ever made tea. I had great results using my sock technique. This year I will go further. Alot of good ideas have been discussed this time. I like the idea of a false bottom, kind of like an upsidedown colander. This will be easy to fabricate. Sometimes I will use almost finished compost because that might be all I have available at the time. I 'll use that trick for the chunky stuff.

I will check with my other-half and get his beer-making "false bottom" supplier. I know he has checked-out the different companies for the best price and product. Of course as I mentioned to him that I brought-up this subject in our forum, he told me that now he has an even better solution for his 'mashton set-up'. I will share it with you all if it could apply to a compost tea.
Also I forgot to mention, the "spent" grain from the brew is THE BEST for my garden!!

That is exactly what I was thinking. -bri

If you are interested in looking at the "false bottom" take a look at the web site for "Beer Beer and More Beer Homebrewing Supply". Once at their site, look under "all grain brewing equipment" and they will list a stainless steel false bottom (we were able to find a cheaper plastic version locally). As I said it is a convex (I think) screen with a tube coming out of the top which connects to tubing to the outside valve. I think you could use a colander but the holes might be too large (?) The plastic ones would be easy to drill a hole into for the tubing though. If anyone is interested, I could e-mail them a picture of our beer mashton set up, but you can just as easily see it on the beer website.

For the last couple of years, I had a buddy at work that would bring in his spent grain from brewing in a plastic trash can. I'd bring it home and add it to my compost piles. It was a win-win situation. He didn't know what to do with it, but I did. Can't say if I saw any difference in the piles other than I think they took off a little quicker.