Nostrildamus
Well-Known Member
I sweat welded up a hop strainer because the ball valve in my keggle was essentially useless even with whirlpooling. I used a male adaptor to a 5 3/8" length of copper pipe to a 90 Degree elbow down to a tee with two more 3" capped lengths in it. I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom side of the T and the lengths and popped a couple more in each end cap. the adaptor and straight length are one piece and the T portion slides onto it. It's a tight enough fit that it should hold the suction and if it isn't I'm pretty sure it will clog with hop particles and leaves by the time the wort level descends past it. I have no idea how this is going to work and whether or not it will just get quickly clogged but I'm hoping if it does that I can stir my way out of trouble and then drill some more holes before I do my next batch. I was thinking about filling the keggle up half way and dropping in a few ounces of paper cut up into the same size as hop leaves to test it... but then I got lazy.
But I shined 'er up real nice.
But I shined 'er up real nice.