I know it's probably not a big deal for the masses, but I'm stoked about my new 10g brew kettle I put together. It is a Crestware heavy duty aluminum pot with a bargainfittings.com ball valve assembly and a pretty simple dip tube.
Bargainfittings.com is awesome, and the new valve is super cool and works really well. The hole was easy to drill with a Uni-bit. I was pretty careful, and the hole was tight enough that the fitting threaded into the wall of the pot really tightly. The elbow on the inside is almost unnecessary for retaining the valve.
I ransacked the whole site looking for a good way to separate pellet hops from a boil, and I didn't really find much except for whirlpooling. So I constructed this dip tube with an elbow, a 1/2" barbed fitting and a short length of 1/2" silicone tube. Not only does the consistent 1/2" diameter drain 5 gallons super fast, but the dip tube is close enough to the bottom that I only left 1 cup of water in the pot.
Since the tube is a section of tubing, I can raise it if it is too easily clogged by trimming a bit off.
I drilled a small hole in the lid and used a my old turkey fryer thermometer. I also got some cam-lock quick disconnects to attach my hose. Awesome!!!
This is such a huge upgrade over my old busted turkey fryer pot. I can't wait to get brewing on it!
Bargainfittings.com is awesome, and the new valve is super cool and works really well. The hole was easy to drill with a Uni-bit. I was pretty careful, and the hole was tight enough that the fitting threaded into the wall of the pot really tightly. The elbow on the inside is almost unnecessary for retaining the valve.
I ransacked the whole site looking for a good way to separate pellet hops from a boil, and I didn't really find much except for whirlpooling. So I constructed this dip tube with an elbow, a 1/2" barbed fitting and a short length of 1/2" silicone tube. Not only does the consistent 1/2" diameter drain 5 gallons super fast, but the dip tube is close enough to the bottom that I only left 1 cup of water in the pot.
Since the tube is a section of tubing, I can raise it if it is too easily clogged by trimming a bit off.
I drilled a small hole in the lid and used a my old turkey fryer thermometer. I also got some cam-lock quick disconnects to attach my hose. Awesome!!!
This is such a huge upgrade over my old busted turkey fryer pot. I can't wait to get brewing on it!