Not stupid questions....
I did not run liquid out of the valve. Im sure it was a little pocket of water that was trapped and boiled and then released under intense pressure. I never tested a previous ball valve on a pot before so I never had to deal with this. Th valve did not have any hoses...
Built a single tier brewery and started testing it today but ran into a problem.
I attempted to get the kettle (furthest to the right in the photo) to boil. I kicked up the heat and about 16 minutes in the ball valve on the front let out a large bang sound and steam appeared to burst out...