Recent content by Rohlk

I was cutting away, thumb just got into the action. What I learned that day was always use the appropriate tool for the task, lol.

Yes, I was drinking. I was cutting apart an extension cord. Getting things ready for the next days brew. Made a porter, named it 9 Stitches Robust Porter.

It wasn't a brew day injury but an injury resulting from building a fermentation temp controller. Sliced my thumb open, 9 stitches.

My old rig

Direct Support Professional. I care for the mentally ill in a group home setting.

As far as keeping bottle caps flat when opening, use a lighter. Hell, you can use anything, really. Just gotta know the method.

Also, I like to flush mine for a few minutes before each brew day.

On my hose I cut the end off and added a swivel barb which happens to spray where it swivels. I corrected that by adding an additional rubber washer on top of the rubber washer that was in place. Probably could have done it differently, but it works.

A gallon a minute or just under is what I run as well.

I also change my filter yearly, although they are probably good for more than that, depending on how many gallons you put through them.

The hand, ha. I've been thinking about making a tap handle out of it somehow.

I take it all apart, air dry, and store it in my hlt with my hoses and stuff. As for cost, I don't recall exactly but some where around $50 maybe. Its paid for its self at this point.

This was the old rig.

Missing from the pic is the boil kettle that is just on a burner stand on the ground. I figure why build when the truck does the trick.

I put this together last year, got it at Lowe's, simple, easy, works. I'm using an RV hose, not sure if its needed but I'd rather have it just to be sure. The copper on the outlet runs to the bottom of the HLT. I'm proud of it.