stevedasleeve
Well-Known Member
Greetings! After almost 5 years I have finally put a ball valve on my kettle - no more siphoning into the carboys...!
I have a few questions that may seem stupid simple but since I'll be brewing soon I want to make sure I'm ready to go:
1. Sanitation: I'll be cooling the wort with an immersion chiller so the wort will be cold going out of the spigot. I assume I need to sanitize the ball valve and spigot before getting the wort in...right? And the hose of course.
2. I also assume I should disassemble, soak and sanitize the ball valve after each batch right? Or can I simply clean it with the kettle - PBW soak and out the spigot - without taking it apart each brew day?
3. If I add a plate chiller can I gravity feed it, and if so - no pump - how do you clean and sanitize the chiller?
4. If I add a Blichmann hoprocket can I also gravity feed it, and then pass the output to the plate chiller or do I need a pump for this?
5. The assembly on the pot goes like this: valve is wrapped, O rings on either side, followed by backnuts on either side, spigot on outside (!) No leaks. Since the assembly came with no instructions I figured this was the way - OK?
6. Anything I need to look out for or take into consideration?
This is on a Bayou 10 gallon kettle which sits on an induction burner with a 1000 watt bucket warmer to help with the boil FWIW. I'm building a 1500 Watt stick next week.
Cheers and thanks for your guidance,
Steve da sleeve
I have a few questions that may seem stupid simple but since I'll be brewing soon I want to make sure I'm ready to go:
1. Sanitation: I'll be cooling the wort with an immersion chiller so the wort will be cold going out of the spigot. I assume I need to sanitize the ball valve and spigot before getting the wort in...right? And the hose of course.
2. I also assume I should disassemble, soak and sanitize the ball valve after each batch right? Or can I simply clean it with the kettle - PBW soak and out the spigot - without taking it apart each brew day?
3. If I add a plate chiller can I gravity feed it, and if so - no pump - how do you clean and sanitize the chiller?
4. If I add a Blichmann hoprocket can I also gravity feed it, and then pass the output to the plate chiller or do I need a pump for this?
5. The assembly on the pot goes like this: valve is wrapped, O rings on either side, followed by backnuts on either side, spigot on outside (!) No leaks. Since the assembly came with no instructions I figured this was the way - OK?
6. Anything I need to look out for or take into consideration?
This is on a Bayou 10 gallon kettle which sits on an induction burner with a 1000 watt bucket warmer to help with the boil FWIW. I'm building a 1500 Watt stick next week.
Cheers and thanks for your guidance,
Steve da sleeve