Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:21 pm

Pretty fuckin' cool Thirsty, how well does it work?
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Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:48 pm

J.Brew wrote:Pretty fuckin' cool Thirsty, how well does it work?


Just like a bought one!!

I have since replaced the short piece of vinyl hose that goes outside the picnic tap and the irrigation fitting, with a piece of 10mm OD beer line that gets jammed into the tap and fitting... had a nasty popping off of hose incident and half a bottle of heffe went up my nose. But that was only with a beer that was carbonated at about 3 volumes.

I'm still learning to master it, but thats my skill rather than the equipment

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Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:16 pm

ZZ wrote:Here's my idea for a continuous diverter instead of a plate welded at the spiggot. I just pounded a copper pipe down and clamped the ends together. I haven't tried it yet but I'm hoping it will help keep the trub and hops off the hose.



Great idea ZZ, I think I may have a couple more beers then head down to the basement to beat the crap out of some copper pipe! Let us know how it works, I won't be able to try it for a couple weeks.
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Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:51 pm

Another kudos for ZZ. I was going to check into having diverter plates put in my kettles but I think I'll try this out.
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Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:23 am

Great ideas. Good thread... Yeah I meant keg ealier instead of carboy. Sorry for the typing.
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