Last thought for the day (from me). The valve did have some major benefit when I miscalculated the capacity of the brew. I got cocky and tried a 16lb (7.5kg) grain bill in a 10 Gal (38L) kettle. * First I made the mistake of milling over the kettle as I had no spare buckets. The flour stayed on the ...

Timos, I am a bit of a literalist, so my first instinct is to answer the question rather than make you rethink, but I have to agree with PP regarding the "Don't do it" advice. If you have a very understanding spouse who will let you replace the kettle or patch the hole in your leg from the slipped d...

PP, The best I can do is point you at the Blichmann site where they have pictures of the "dip tube" they attach to the kettle valve. http://www.blichmannengineering.com/boilermaker/boilermaker.html See the last of the pictures (7 of 7 ) in the top right slideshow. Their implementation is really swee...

I added a weldless thermo and sight-glass/Tap on my smaller pot before I upgraded to a pre-fitted setup. There are plenty of sites around that talk about it, but one that I purchased from and has great instructions is http://weldlessfittings.com/installation.html. Steel is a pain to drill, and depen...

I created a false bottom by cutting up one of those skillet/frying pan splatter guards. It was the stainless steel perforated kind, so I knew it would not have metal problems. Could have shelled out for a real false bottom, but this was available in the supermarket and I just cut off the handle . It...

Greetings Ladies and Gents, I am an expat Brit/Pommie in the Virginian Colony of the Rebellious United State of America (God bless King George RIP). I have been brewing extract for a year or so with one BIAB and one No-Chill under my belt. Good learning curve to try each separately. I am not really ...