As it is, the kegs are the only big hiccup I have right now, because of two things. For starters, I need to make sure they are clean and purged of any gas. Why? Imagine trying to open up one that still has some liquid or gas at roughly 15-20 PSI. Yeah, I'm not looking to have that happen, so I'm working something out with a local brewer when he gets his keg washer up and running. I love the beer community for exactly that reason, because it was just an easy suggestion that made my day. Looking forward to that soon!
So, the next phase of my operation is to move the entire process outside. To accomplish this, I will need to do more than just rinse and cut the kegs, but also get some fittings to allow me to just pour wort and liquor (hot water) without trying to lift a nearly full keg of very hot liquid. So, I will have to go and get them bored out at the bottom and potentially add one of those nice Blichmann thermometers to each. This puts me at a stand still until I can figure out a way around it, but with all the machine shops in the area, not to mention family friends in the auto industry, I think I should be able to work something out. A couple of free beers ought to take care of it, right?
Once that is all done, all I will have left to do is get some support structure on the burner to support the keggle. The last thing I would like to see here is the entire batch of an all-grain recipe go spilling on to the driveway. I'll have to go MacGuyver on it a bit, but I think again the machine shops might be a good place to start.
My goal is to be outside brewing no later than 4th of July, which is convenient because I have a recipe worked up just for that day and I'd love to get started on it with this new system in place. I'll let you know what comes of it all as updates are available to me.
As always, drink well and be merry. Slainte!
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