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Offline iamjamesp

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Lids?
« on: November 05, 2009, 08:03:23 pm »
Hello, with regards to extract brewing, do you all use lids on your brew kettle or keep them on only during certain times of the brewing?  Cheers,
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Offline beerocd

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Re: Lids?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2009, 10:24:10 pm »
no lids! Oh, except while it's cooling to keep stuff out of it. :D

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Re: Lids?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 07:49:12 am »
Keeping the lid on while boiling is a bad idea.  Even with extract there is a risk of DMS (cooked corn and vegetable flavors and aromas), boiling drives this off, but with a lid on it'll go back in your beer.  In addition, if you keep the lid on you're much more likely to get boilovers.
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2009, 09:26:10 am »
I recall hearing that as long as you have 15-20% open space on the top of your kettle you'll be OK.  So, lid partially off at least.
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 09:29:22 am »
I only lay mine on the keggle opening for the last 15 minutes to sanitize it and I still leave it open by about 40%.
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 12:28:42 pm »
Quote from: brewboy on November 06, 2009, 09:29:22 am
I only lay mine on the keggle opening for the last 15 minutes to sanitize it and I still leave it open by about 40%.


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Offline onthekeg

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Re: Lids?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 01:48:33 pm »
all the commercial kettles have 10% or less on the vent, so I am not sure that we as homebrewers aren't a little extreme on the lid usage.
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2009, 01:55:19 pm »
Quote from: onthekeg on November 06, 2009, 01:48:33 pm
all the commercial kettles have 10% or less on the vent, so I am not sure that we as homebrewers aren't a little extreme on the lid usage.

True, but they have excellent ventilation and likely power vents.
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 02:41:03 pm »
Quote from: onthekeg on November 06, 2009, 01:48:33 pm
all the commercial kettles have 10% or less on the vent, so I am not sure that we as homebrewers aren't a little extreme on the lid usage.

OTOH, we aren't commercial brewers so what applies tp them may not apply to us.
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 07:17:18 pm »
The main reason I stated earlier about the commercial breweries is that they cannot remove the lid and the condensation drips back into their kettle.  I understand they may have a fan pulling on the kettle but they don't have a way to remove the lid as we do, and their beers aren't butter bombs.
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Offline dean

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Re: Lids?
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2009, 07:29:31 am »
Installing a flexible metal duct and power vent doesn't seem like it would be difficult to make and give it a try.   A metal flexible dryer vent pipe should work and be quite handy so you could swing it away anytime you wanted.   :)

Added:  I think I'd put a trap close to the lid, maybe a couple feet away and drill a small hole in it so any condensed steam could drain away from the brew pot.  jmo....
« Last Edit: November 07, 2009, 07:45:19 am by dean »
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2009, 07:45:18 am »
Sorry NB guys, I know you're all sick of this by now.

   But, do you mean a hood kind of like this?

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Re: Lids?
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2009, 07:48:32 am »
I think he means he wants to put a lid on the brew pot or keg.  Connecting a powered vent to the lid is what I was talking about, not a vent hood.   ;)
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Re: Lids?
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2009, 08:03:57 am »
Man, I really gotta start reading entire posts...... ::)
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Offline iamjamesp

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Re: Lids?
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2009, 08:38:58 pm »
Thanks for all the replies! I'll keep the lid off.  Gee w-toe, think my apartment manager would let me do that? ;D
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