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You should be able to make a U shape that is weighted such that it will fit over the top of your keggle or if you wanted something a little more permanent you could route it through one of the handles. Ideally the outlet would hug the inside of the vessel but without drilling the keggle that...

I'm game!

This could be fun, my buddy has a full BrewBoss system.

Wow, that is an incredible looking build. Beautifully done sir!

If you're whirlpooling with any modest velocity to actually create the whirlpool appearance shouldn't that action prevent any stratification because the solution is in constant motion? The majority of whirlpool returns I've seen usually place it in the bottom third or so of the kettle. I route...

Nice work, should do the job nicely! Be careful limiting the air circulation around the outside walls of the cooler. The metal walls often act as a heat exchange surface and if you block that off you'll stress the freezer over time.

I recirculate my wort over the entire boil as well so the pump gets heat sanitized, never a concern. If you use an immersion chiller, running a whirlpool greatly improves cooling times. I leave the whirlpool running the entire time and use a racking cane to transfer to the fermenter.

I used to have the same problem. Even after getting the false bottom drain as high off the bottom as possible it still ran at a trickle. Finally got some 1/4" food grade sheet gasket material and made a "platform" ring to elevate the false bottom a bit. Worked like a charm. You could wrap some...

Something to also consider is what I used to use before I drilled and welded my kettles. I used lengths of 1/2" copper tubing the a made some bends in. The first one with a single bend for a diptube and the other was similar to the diptube, but longer and with a sweeping curve on the bottom for...