Condenser for brew kettle

[koomber]

I'm in the process of building up an AG setup and I had a bit of a crazy thought:

Would it be possible to boil the beer with a lid on but with a hole cut in it and use a condensor to allow for removal of steam and DMS. I was thinking something like this, only bigger:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condenser_(laboratory)

Just seems that something like this could help me limit the amount of steam and smells that will eventually percolate through the flat (and to be brutally honest I LOVE to bodge at things :rockin: )

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Are you trying to build a still or something?

And no, I wouldn't put anything on top of the kettle.

 

[jfkriege]

There is a lot of work with limited evaporation in industry, but not much in the homebrew world. In order to make it work in industry, they typically use a wort spreader after some sort of calandria. Also look into New Belgium's Merlin system (made by Steinecker).