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I use a strainer like that at flameout to collect as much hop debris as possible. My kettle has a mesh covered drain manifold, similar to a mash tun, around the bottom perimeter. I do a spoon whirlpool to concentrate the remaining gunk in the center, then pump through a 50 ft cfc to my...

Stared and stared, couldn't see it. Walked away for a moment, glanced again, and bam, there it is. Weird.

Keep us updated, please. I'm still working on my brewing space, this thread has been tremendously helpful.

I still haven't had the opportunity to try out my steam slayer, but I'm well known as the fool that rushes in, so here goes: with normal open boiling, the compounds that produce the smell are dispersed and diluted by the large volume of steam, producing the wonderful odors that we either love...

I walked under Nimitz during her post-shakedown drydocking back in '75. Like a big, dark, smelly, cellar. It's hard to remember it's a ship when you can't see the drydock walls. Funny, I remember solid black antifouling paint, instead of red with black boot topping. My memory isn't too good...

Oops. Once again, I'm trying to give swimming lessons to a shark! I will say that the cheapest pine is best for faux beams, as long as it is reasonably straight. Knots and coarse grain make the job easier.

Check Youtube for videos about 'distressing' wood. You'll find many techniques there. Some 'beams' in high end homes are made of drywall. Smh. You could make distressed covers for your existing beams, or do the work in place. Personally, I'd build and finish covers on sawhorses, then lift...

Well, sometimes a stripper will 'pop out', but it will be because her top is designed to break away if she ..... You probably meant something else. Never mind.

UPS guy once told me that 'fragile' (pronounced 'frah-gilly') was French for 'Throw Underhand'.

I think you'll have to tell us how it worked. Just offhand, I'd guess that most of the hop goodness is still in the hops. Have you tasted the wort? Perhaps you could scrape the hops down and stir them about to recover some of the value?

As to who the bozo in the picture is? No idea. [emoji53]

Only the Shadow knows.

I wonder. If we have a condenser to control the escaping steam, wouldn't a standard, home-kitchen-sized, that is to say, affordable, range exhaust hood be able to control the odors? I realize make-up air has to enter the space from somewhere, but the volume would be very much less.

Yep. Manned flight is simply clever application of natural principles. Edit: except helicopters. That stuff ain't natural.

It's just a single contrail, one military plane fooling around? Maybe a test flight after repairs? Certainly nothing unnatural.

Mine has the tilted appearance, account of the domed lid shape. I mounted it as near center as possible, to counteract any tendency to lift the lid. It turned out to be remarkably stable, in fact. I've considered using a hydraulic press and some sort of punch and die to create a level...

What this means is, while boiling with a lid on, your thermal efficiency is going to be approximately doubled. You'll be able to cut your heat input in half, whatever the source of heat. The heat is carried off mostly by the rising steam, so less heat loss equals less water loss as well. The...

How about now? From the road below. Up close, it's just weird looking. Edit: very much like your cats. jk.

Six kegs serving, up to six carbing? I dunno, just guessing.

You want random? Last night I attended a slide presentation by a famous wilderness photographer. So now I'm on the side of a mountain, looking at a sandstone formation called the Arkansas Sphinx. I'm parked about 300 yards away, but 900 feet below. People tell me Arkansas doesn't have...