This is exactly what I was going to say. Can't say enough about using a hose on the downstream side of the valve that goes below the kettle bottom.
Mark
Here are my two cents worth. You should be able to get kegs into a chest freezer without problems. With a collar, you might get more. But with an upright freezer you Ned to be aware of where the cooling coils are. Many older upright freezers have the cooling coils in the non-adjustable shelves...
I bought some a fee years ago at Adventures in Homebrewing. They had some of the best orices around then. There are also a few vendors on the forum here that you could try. Check out the vendor Sponsors Showcase section to find more information on those dealers selling kegs.
I am also conditioning my beer in the keg like you are proposing. I can't remember exactly the amount of priming sugar I used in the keg, but it was close to 2 oz of priming sugar for the keg. I used beersmith to help me determine how much priming sugar to use. I have also read somewhere else...
You have to put your wort into something for fermentation -- be it a keg, a bucket, or a carboy. This is your primary fermenter. You could even keep your wort in the boil kettle and pitch your yeast in that, but then your boil kettle would be your primary fermenter. I see no way around the...
I built a stand using unistrut and I mounted two blichmann floor burners in the stand. I used strut flat washers, bolts, and strut nuts to clamp the floor burners to the strut. It all worked rather well. Here is a link to my stand.
I hope that this will give you some ideas on what you...
Do you mean sphere -- as in a ball or orb -- or spear -- as in the dip tube in the sanke? Some people use the spear as the handle for a home made stainless steel mash paddle.
Mark