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Yep. Saved a drowning kid from the pond, I think it was.

Funny! The way I heard it, it was a city feller asking about a pig with a wooden leg. "Mister, you don't eat an animal like that all at once!"

Just about like us, they eat anything that doesn't eat them first. I used to have about a dozen outdoor cats. The 'possums and 'coons would just push right up to food bowl, the cats just ignored them.

By hold, I meant that a 15 gallon (stated on box) kettle should contain at least 15 gallons without overflowing, measured by some reliable graduated liquid container. Or by weight, I suppose, I haven't tried that. My economy grade kettles always come up a quart or more short. It's not a real...

Are you still intending to make 5 gallon batches? If so, you should be fine, since most everyone is reporting about half as much boil-off with the condenser systems. In other words, you'll be reducing your pre-boil volume compared to open boiling. As to your other concern, I agonized over...

At that point in the conversation, I just have them read my label. "Government Warning - Beware of the Government". That either enlightens, frightens, or confuses. In any case it changes the subject.

It occurs to me that when I say, "You should maybe open a ____ whatever!", I intend it as a compliment rather than actual career advice. In future, when somebody says something in that vein to me, I believe I'll just say "Thank you." and take it as such.

Metal trash cans are hot dip galvanized with zinc. I can tell you from personal experience, you really, seriously, truly, do not want to breath zinc fumes! Combine severe nausea with the worst headache you've ever had. That's about a tenth of what zinc poisoning feels like. It goes away...

I love it! Do you wear a steampunk get up while brewing? I bet I would.

Just to clarify, you can safely transport gas bottles on their side. Just protect that valve!

Compressed gas bottles should always be stored and used upright and secured. The brass valves are rather brittle. Break a valve, and your bottle becomes a short-range ballistic missile.

Of the two commercially available systems, one uses a 1.5 TC steam port, the other uses a 1/2 NPT port and 1.5 TC adapter. So apparently either will work, at least for 10 gallons or so.

Just took a quick look online, seems there are pressure reducers made for RV water supply attachment. Includes pressure gauge, connects to garden hose threads, about 30 bucks US. Might be the solution if your household pressure is pushing too much water through the spray orifice.

FWIW, the diy stores sell an inexpensive pressure gauge that attaches to any garden hose threaded faucet. I checked my line pressure last night at 45 psig. There is probably an adjustable pressure regulator just downstream of your water meter. I don't know the legality of going into your...

So, nearly double the pressure giving nearly double the flow. I wonder if the extra flow is pulling the odor out with it? On steam ships, we used a jet of steam in a gadget called an air ejector to create a vacuum in the main engine's condenser. Some thing similar might be happening here.

Have you checked your line pressure? I believe these nozzles are rated at 40psi. Higher pressure will give a higher flow rate, I think. I once knew a fellow who was too cheap to buy a selection of carburetor jets for his motorcycle. He would solder up the old jet and drill a new, smaller...

Here's my rooftop installation on a 15 gal. kettle. The angle is account of the dome shape of the lid. I made the hole as close to the center as possible. To my immense surprise, the condenser assembly does not overbalance the lid, even when I shake the fool out of the whole kettle. As soon...

This system is intended to 'collect' steam, for the purpose of brewing indoors (electric only) without having to install an expensive ventilation system. It does not duplicate a distillation condenser, and is not in any way related to a Counter Flow Chiller (CFC). Hope this clears up any...

After examining my kit from Bobby M, I've decided to go with the lid mounting option, for two considerations. 1. Wherever I put it on the kettle, I'll probably wish it was somewhere else. 2. I can clamp the lid on my drill press table.

IRS = It's Really Slavery.