Vanoontour
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Morning All,
So I've been doing some thinking as of late (dangerous I know) and have come up with a plan for me to get into larger batch, 3v brewing.
I started with the AG for $30 bucks thread, as many here probably have too. So I've got me a 19l pot and a bag. I am in the process of mounting a wee 3/8" ball valve to it so I stop pouring hot wort over the missus holding a funnel into the cube. My problem is where to mount it (the valve, not the missus
) in the pot. More info needed.
Stage 2 of the brewery build is to use the esky I already have as a mash tun and I have sourced a keg to use as the kettle. So will have a 19l HLT, esky mash tun and keggle.
Stage 3...to be continued but will probably involve getting an extra keg as my HLT with an element.
Any way, now back to the valve and pot, at what height to mount the valve. As it is currently being used as a kettle I don't want to mount it too low as I will just be putting trub into the cube. However then as part of the brewery growth it will need to be low to get all the water out. So over to you all oh wise ones. When whirlpooling and draining can the kettle be on a small angle, allowing the trub to form on the low side of the pot? This would allow me to mount the valve lower down.
Cheers in advance,
So I've been doing some thinking as of late (dangerous I know) and have come up with a plan for me to get into larger batch, 3v brewing.
I started with the AG for $30 bucks thread, as many here probably have too. So I've got me a 19l pot and a bag. I am in the process of mounting a wee 3/8" ball valve to it so I stop pouring hot wort over the missus holding a funnel into the cube. My problem is where to mount it (the valve, not the missus
Stage 2 of the brewery build is to use the esky I already have as a mash tun and I have sourced a keg to use as the kettle. So will have a 19l HLT, esky mash tun and keggle.
Stage 3...to be continued but will probably involve getting an extra keg as my HLT with an element.
Any way, now back to the valve and pot, at what height to mount the valve. As it is currently being used as a kettle I don't want to mount it too low as I will just be putting trub into the cube. However then as part of the brewery growth it will need to be low to get all the water out. So over to you all oh wise ones. When whirlpooling and draining can the kettle be on a small angle, allowing the trub to form on the low side of the pot? This would allow me to mount the valve lower down.
Cheers in advance,