Recent content by caligula455

It sounds like you are planning to be actively whirlpool ing the whole time you are draining to your plate chiller which I think would defeat the purpose. I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in, but my understanding was that the real effect of whirlpooling for separating trub...

It's been rather slow going because of a lot of competing priorities, but here is a quick update on how my e-kettle has turned out so far. The sight glass is the 16" model from Adventures in Homebrewing here. Still need to calibrate and put markers on the glass. Here is a detail shot of how...

Glad to hear people are experimenting with my method! My dimple started to go a little crooked at first too, but I straightened it out before continuing. A larger bolt that holds the copper fitting more parallel might help keep things centered. I think even with the stainless parts you need to...

I saw that, but I think it was flux that didn't clean off. After more thorough cleaning I didn't see it anymore but i'll check it for a pinhole and reheat if it's still there. Don't want any crevices for gunk to hide in.

Mine drew through pretty easily, someone that drew it through a keg wall would have to comment, but it shouldn't be crushing anything. Couple thoughts on potential problems: Is the copper fitting evenly sloped like the one in the picture or is it more of a steped shape. the more cone-like...

That's exactly what i was going to say. The two kinds of couplers look very similar, you want the one with the larger end designed to be the female side of a 3/4" pipe joint.

the Harris kit from HD was about $10 with tax and I used about 1/3 of it.

I used the Harris Stay-Brite silver solder kit, you can order it from HomeDepot and have them ship to a store for free. Here is how the soldering turned out... inside of 1/2" coupling inside of 1/4" fitting Now I need to buy or borrow something to make a hole big...

people do it either way, I think the soldered surface is smoother and easier to clean so I'm putting it inward. It is also nicer looking which is why some people put it outward.

I guess I'll have to see about using the beer pot for other things. I'm hoping that hot PBW can take care of it because multi-purpose was part of the sales pitch to SWMBO. I would think I can at least use it for sous vide cooking since the food is sealed. Anyone else manage to use their beer...

I copied the mcmaster parts but used low cost alternatives that you could get locally. It looks a bit cheap but it works very well. The full details are here.

Awesome. Well now we know it works on kegs too!

Thanks, I'm using a 44qt Bayou Classic with a basket and going for all electric. This is going serve triple duty: a counter top brutus 20 for 5 gal batches electric steamer for clam bakes sous vide cooker I'd be curious to see someone try this on a keggle too. It didn't seem too stressed...

Hi Everyone, First off, I've learned so much from reading this forum over the past couple of months and I hope that this is helpful for someone else out there. I'm putting together a new brew kettle and wanted to dimple and solder in a coupler but thought there had to be a cheaper...