dinnerstick wrote:hey pig, question- (two questions) do you use a standard bathroom extractor, will that handle all the water vapor ok? or do you need a special / kitchen version (see how little i know about extractor fans...)? and, do you have a valve or opening on the trap (low point) of your flexi hose? or do you just drain it after the brew session?
where in uk are you? i was many years in oxfordshire, on the old hooky
ok so it was 4 questions in the end
Hi, although not the best picture, here it is ready for use.
What isn't shown here is that the flexi hose is a little longer that the one in this shot and when it gets hot from the steam it sags which creates a low point to collect the condensed water. A typical 1 hr boil creates 500 - 700 ml of condensed water which I drain into a jug after the brew session. I'll try and take a 'mid boil' picture on my next brew day.
The fan is a regular bathroom extractor fan, the only thing I've found is that it can create quite a vacuum so I leave the malt pipe stirrup on the top of the BM and then the hood onto that to create some air flow.
I live up in Huddersfield West Yorkshire, main beers around here are Timothy Taylors, Tetleys :/ and Black Sheep but if I'm going out for a few I always end up here, the Grove Inn, because it has a fabulous selection of beers
. Unfortunately I only have the 4th edition of the The Real Ale Almanac to work from 
, I hope that this picture does a better job of showing you how the trap is formed.
