20 Questions: Beer Edition!

[brewmedic43]

Is it longer than 6"?

 

[bottlebomber]

Probably not

 

[emjay]

Is it longer than 6"?

Probably is in some commercial breweries, but I've never seen one that large (in any dimension) being used by a homebrewer

Probably not

Harhar.

 

[kevin009]

Is this an American style? or France?

 

[bottlebomber]

Is this an American style? or France?

It's equipment dude. Sometimes used on brew day. Sometimes contacts wort. Sometimes stainless sometimes brass sometimes threaded sometimes not. And that was 2 questions

 

[bottlebomber]

Does it get exposed to heat greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit?

 

[emjay]

Does it get exposed to heat greater than 120 degrees Fahrenheit?

Sometimes

 

[bottlebomber]

Gah! Would it be considered a component of either a HLT, MT, or BK?

 

[emjay]

Gah! Would it be considered a component of either a HLT, MT, or BK?

...

Sometimes

 

[Brewsmith]

Does liquid pass through it?

 

[emjay]

Does liquid pass through it?

Yes.

 

[brewmedic43]

Is it a wort chiller?

 

[emjay]

Is it a wort chiller?

No.

 

[bottlebomber]

Does wort pass through it?

 

[emjay]

Does wort pass through it?

Sometimes

 

[Qhrumphf]

Is its primary function for a day other than brew day?

 

[bottlebomber]

Does beer pass through it?

 

[emjay]

Is its primary function for a day other than brew day?

Sigh...

Sometimes.

I know you said "primary" function, but many brewers only make use of it on a day other than brew day, though many other brewers only do so *on* brew day. Others make use of it on brew day AND otherwise, and still others don't make use of it at all (generally noobs).

 

[emjay]

Does beer pass through it?

Sometimes!

 

[bottlebomber]

*sigh* ok so it's some kind of metal device, I hesitate to refer to it as a fitting, but it does transfer liquid, both finished beer and wort, it is metal, both brass and SS, it is sometimes threaded, and is not generally used on brew day but might be. Damn you emjay.

 

[emjay]

*sigh* ok so it's some kind of metal device, I hesitate to refer to it as a fitting, but it does transfer liquid, both finished beer and wort, it is metal, both brass and SS, it is sometimes threaded, and is not generally used on brew day but might be. Damn you emjay.

A few things...

It's not *always* metal, but it usually is.

And to say it's "not generally used on brew day" is probably incorrect... I didn't say that.

I'll give you a hint, but I feel it might be giving it away: though I have seen threaded examples, it's generally just due to a cheap/ghetto setup.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Hmm...I'm kinda stumped, so....hop filter?

 

[emjay]

Nope.

I'll give another hint: The reason so many answers are "sometimes" is because they're used both with brewday vessels and other vessels as well.

It's not an obscure item at all... I thought this would actually be an easy one.

 

[bottlebomber]

Hop spider

 

[Qhrumphf]

Dip tube?

 

[emjay]

Dip tube?

There we go

 

[Qhrumphf]

There we go

Win. I'm going to bed- someone else can take my turn if they want.

 

[bottlebomber]

It's strange, dip tube was running through my head early on, but I discarded it for some reason. In those grounds I'll go

 

[brewmedic43]

Ok bomber, is it equipment?

 

[emjay]

If it IS equipment: used on brewday?

If not: Ingredient?

It's strange, dip tube was running through my head early on, but I discarded it for some reason. In those grounds I'll go

Maybe because I said it was threaded? I was mostly referring to people using elbows or street elbows as a ghetto diptube.

Though as I mentioned earlier, you understood a few things in a way I did not actually say, so maybe you had eliminated it at first and just didn't un-eliminate it after I corrected your misunderstandings.