Well, I'm coming to the end of my single tier 3 keggle build and now i'm imaging/visualizing a brew day and I've come into 2 possible problems, that more or less go hand in hand.
My brew keggle is equipped with a diptube and recirculation port from brewhardware.com (along with sight gauge, thermometer and so forth) As of now my diptube is smack center of the keggle. From what I read my recirculation will whirlpool my wort and have the trub collect in center. Seems my diptube will be smack dead center of this pile and that seems pointless? What does everyone typically due to not pull from the whirlpooled trub pile?
Is it best to shorten my diptube length and pull halfway between center? I'd have deadspace and be losing out on some wort for the fermenter. Which could be calculated and compensated for I suppose.
My second problem is my immersion chiller won't fit flat to the bottom as the diptubes in the way.. not really informative to this post, but it's prudent for me to understand the best way to handle the whirlpool, trub pile as I will either now go with a plate or counterflow chiller.
My brew keggle is equipped with a diptube and recirculation port from brewhardware.com (along with sight gauge, thermometer and so forth) As of now my diptube is smack center of the keggle. From what I read my recirculation will whirlpool my wort and have the trub collect in center. Seems my diptube will be smack dead center of this pile and that seems pointless? What does everyone typically due to not pull from the whirlpooled trub pile?
Is it best to shorten my diptube length and pull halfway between center? I'd have deadspace and be losing out on some wort for the fermenter. Which could be calculated and compensated for I suppose.
My second problem is my immersion chiller won't fit flat to the bottom as the diptubes in the way.. not really informative to this post, but it's prudent for me to understand the best way to handle the whirlpool, trub pile as I will either now go with a plate or counterflow chiller.