After a 10-year brewing hiatus I started back into it late in the fall, and since I had to set everything up again I switched to all-grain at the same time. The first batch was a lot of fun, tasted well and was consumed quickly (although it never cleared that well, I never had that problem in extract brewing - but that is a problem for another day). I learned from the 8 hour marathon and refined my equipment for the second batch that I just finished a few nights ago. Unlike 10 years ago , I could actually afford to buy some equipment this time. So I now have a cheap liquor tank, a large coleman cooler tun, a homemade CF chiller and a Blichmann 15 gallon kettle. The CF chiller cools remarkably well, but I didn't like struggling with getting the flow started, nor the hot wort waiting in the tank for its turn to cool, nor the full cold break going into my fermenter. So I splurged on a March pump, and for my second batch I simply pumped the chilled wort back into the brew kettle solving my three problems (more or less). This system seems to work well, but I have one remaining beginners process problem that is driving me crazy. The March pump is lower that everything else for priming purposes, and I only have one ball valve in the kettle itself. So after chilling I have to close that valve, then lift the entire pump, connecting hoses and CF contraption up higher than the kettle to try to get it to drain (and try to avoid the wort shooting out of the newly disconnected hose that was attached to the kettle) - awkward to say the least. It did work, but not without wasting a precious litre on my garage floor How do pump users deal with emptying connecting lines (whether attached to a CF or whatever) and a pump that are lower than the brewing set up? Everyone must face this, and I am sure there is a simple solution. But I can't find it by googling, and help would be much appreciated