Keggle Build

[Ciderhead]

Gary nice job and glad to see you have picked up lots of bits from all over the NHC and put them together to make a cracking post.
Let us know how you get on with the regulation of the boil.

[JD]

Hi Gary,

Excellent build. The one thing I'd suggest changing is the jubilee clip on the hop screen. Unless you've used a stainless steel clip, these are normally available galvanised. The zinc on these will not be less than healthy when in the presence of acidic wort. I did a finilar thing as you but very quickly realised I needed to change. I now use a copper insert and a normal compression fitting rather than a barb.

/J

[Garry]

Well spotted JD. The only hose clip I had was zinc plated. I was planning on changing this to stainless before I did a proper boil.


But; I've been following Dempsey's build, and the talk of whirlpooling has me thinking again! I will probably shorten the nipple on the inside and bring the "dip tube" closer to the wall of the keg. I think I'll replace the hose barb with some 1/2" copper too, like yours, and slide the flex on over it.

[Garry]

After following Demseys build I decided to change my "dip tube" to bring it closer to the wall of the keg to aid whirlpooling.









I drilled a new hole for a whirlpooling port. I wish I thought of this before putting on the insulation.









I connected the garden hose to whirlpooling port to give it a whirl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wf113Ti3g


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[Covey]

whats the whirlpool jazz about whats it used for

[Covey]

any one know where to get  bulkhead thermos and sightglasses

[Hop Bomb]

Whirlpooling is when you recirculate the hot wort with a pump at flame out (zero mins). The recirc helps cool the wort more rapidly as the wort is being moved around the chiller & the whirlpool effect forms a cone in the middle with all the break material. Good to add hops then too for aroma.

Has anyone managed to get an actual whirlpool going yet in their BK? I tried it for a few brews but my solar pump isnt strong enough to get any kind of whirlpool going especially with the immersion chiller in the BK. I gave up & went the hop rocket / plate chiller route in the end.

Re: Thermometers - Ive one of these on each of my keggles.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270963909047&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:3160

[Shanna]

http://www.brewhardware.com/wlsightglass/47-tk

any one know where to get  bulkhead thermos and sightglasses

[imark]

went the hop rocket / plate chiller route in the end.

Where did you get them? Or did you make your own?

[Hop Bomb]

Plate chiller:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/30-Plate-Wort-Chiller-Beer-Brewing-SS304-Heat-Exchanger-/230652906069?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item35b3fc0a55

Got the hop rocket in HBW. (Brian matched hop & grapes price)