Recent content by MartyBrewerer

Brundog, I think you're right; looking around, graphics of washing machine types of valves with the pressure assist match closely what is in the valve. Sadness prevails. Leffe assuages. But still... Very disinclined to figure out how to pressurize my hot water; just seems like a wrong...

Update, discouraging. I did some flow testing. 5/8" tubing at an altitude difference of 8" has pretty good flow rate. At 3' difference in altitude I fill a qt in maybe 10 seconds, very sufficient. Same, but with the valve in line, and the flow is almost non-existent. A qt would take several...

Rationale? Well, for one thing, as some famous person said, "Sure, I could just buy beer...". That's one of two major factors, and part of that is that it can involve an arduino. The other factor is that I need something, *ANY*thing, to reduce the p.i.t.a. water mixing chaos at minimum...

Hi Inspire, thanks for replying. Well not 8 gallons of boiling water, but 8 gallons of (whatever temp, maybe 175F). I'd have hot (boiling) and cold (tap, ~60 F) water going to the dual valve. A temperature controller would turn each on as appropriate to hit target temp. Siphon...

Sanity check, please. My big point of failure (distraction, excessive brew time, etc.) during my last batch (10 gal Leffe Blonde clone (Beersmith Innocent Blond)) is hot water management. I've been trying to mix gallon-by-gallon, which process is a pita. Having the right temperature water...