Valve no leakie

[Chesterbelloc]

I've been brewing for like 20 years, but have never seen an answer on this:

How do you put together a valve on to a standard boil kettle so that it does not leak?

 

[Imacfrog]

Ball valve? Teflon washer inside and outside seems to work.

 

[bajaedition]

food grade o ring inside and out
ball valve , a regular spigot has rubber washers that will degrade at boiling temp

 

[Chesterbelloc]

You know. I solved it.

I was so lazy about the tiny leak -- always depending on burnt sugar to close it up -- finally set my mind on it.

Takes some humility to realise I hadn't addressed this long ago.

There's got to get be young brewers with the same question.

 

[microbusbrewery]

I'm a fan of The Electric Brewery style setup which is basically the Blichmann style, http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/hot-liquor-tank?page=4

That said, BrewHardware.com has some really nice purpose-built bulkheads, http://www.brewhardware.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=bulkhead