Turkeyfoot Jr.
Well-Known Member
My first AG session is coming up this weekend and this past weekend I put all my new gear through a dry run of sorts just to see how things are going to work. From that little test I discovered something that I wanted to ask you guys about.
The keggle I have which was a freebie from a friend has a hole drilled that fits a 3/8 ball valve. One thing I discovered this weekend in my testing is that it takes a LONG time to drain 3-5 gallons of water from my keggle through that valve, around 10 minutes. Seeing as this is my first run Im not sure if this is the norm or if I should be changing something. My concern is that with the colder temps outside hitting my strike and sparge temps will be difficult with such a long wait for the water to drain. Do you guys have any tips and tricks in that regard? At this point Im planning on heating my strike to well above where I need it that way, worst case scenario, I have to let my MLT sit for a while and cool off. For my sparge Im not sure what Im going to do. I'll probably play around with keeping my burner running while I'm sparging to try and hold my temps as best I can.
The keggle I have which was a freebie from a friend has a hole drilled that fits a 3/8 ball valve. One thing I discovered this weekend in my testing is that it takes a LONG time to drain 3-5 gallons of water from my keggle through that valve, around 10 minutes. Seeing as this is my first run Im not sure if this is the norm or if I should be changing something. My concern is that with the colder temps outside hitting my strike and sparge temps will be difficult with such a long wait for the water to drain. Do you guys have any tips and tricks in that regard? At this point Im planning on heating my strike to well above where I need it that way, worst case scenario, I have to let my MLT sit for a while and cool off. For my sparge Im not sure what Im going to do. I'll probably play around with keeping my burner running while I'm sparging to try and hold my temps as best I can.