Steam hat

Have you seen these? A tri clamp off your boil lid. It's got a hose plugged into it and it sprays a fine mist to catch your steam. Ideal for brewing in a non vented room.

Is any one using one? Is it any good? Does it use and create alot of water?

I'm thinking about getting one that's all wondering if the money is worth it. Or will it end up in the really usefull pile and never used.

itry said:

Have you seen these? A tri clamp off your boil lid. It's got a hose plugged into it and it sprays a fine mist to catch your steam. Ideal for brewing in a non vented room.

Is any one using one? Is it any good? Does it use and create alot of water?

I'm thinking about getting one that's all wondering if the money is worth it. Or will it end up in the really usefull pile and never used.

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I think if you read in Pro Brewer, you need plenty of space in the kettle to be able to boil. Just another thing you don't need there are better solutions.

itry said:

It's got a hose plugged into it and it sprays a fine mist to catch your steam. Ideal for brewing in a non vented room.

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Wouldn't that dilute your wort? Am I missing something here, isn't a steam hat just a domed lid which can be connected to extraction ducting or a steam condenser?

I also thought about this. I use an extraction method at the moment and it's a fine line between boiling and getting a vacuum. Then it boiles over and goes mad. Wouldn't the steam hat also create this?

Yes spray is positioned in a way to not get into the kettle.
Been using a condenser on the lid for a couple of years. No condensation on the ceiling or walls now in the brew room. Boil at about 30% of full power.
No problems with DMS, you do need to adjust the recipe as boil off less. I lose about 0.65 litre per hour.

My mistake, the title threw me off. I was reading it as a steam hat with a water inlet, rather than attaching a condenser to a steam hat.

I made my own budget steam hat(?) that I connect to extraction ducting, it's loose fitting and doesn't clamp down onto the kettle, so I don't experience a vacuum or boil overs.

Wish I'd been bright enough to make it sooner and not had so many drippy ceiling brew days.

How does this help? Would look good though.

That’s what came up first when I Google it

Steam punk. Goths with cogs.

itry said:

Have you seen these? A tri clamp off your boil lid. It's got a hose plugged into it and it sprays a fine mist to catch your steam. Ideal for brewing in a non vented room.

Is any one using one? Is it any good? Does it use and create alot of water?

I'm thinking about getting one that's all wondering if the money is worth it. Or will it end up in the really usefull pile and never used.

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Apart from the cost, it would probably violate the hose-pipe ban in spirit if not in reality.

Strangely I can't see the link to the product.
My guten comes with a domed steel lid anyway so I just built the condenser from the components.
Us forum has whole thread on them you can see my home made condenser in there and many others.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...erhead-ventilation-needed.636955/post-9302332
I started with a piece of flexible ducting and an extractor fan on the end. It kept most of the steam under control but still got condensation in ducting which I had to drain out.
Was dangerous water 240v.
The condenser just works and its quiet.
Many condensers run with a small electric pump in a container of water.
I use collected water on garden if its dry.
Wellington just had wettest July on record, my gauge recorded 245 mm.

It was a good month to holiday in UK.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_vY4BAz
This is what i'm looking at.

Thanks, I sourced my parts from a dairy equipment merchant and used brass sprayer from a cheap garden sprayer. Was half that price and no ridiculous wait from China. My only choice at the time was this one which was a outrageous cost.

https://www.brewshop.co.nz/brewtools-steam-condenser.html
You could source the triclover and ss parts from China for less.

itry said:

https://a.aliexpress.com/_vY4BAz
This is what i'm looking at.

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The postage charge for this seems a bit steep. I bought a similar one from AliEx without the lid for less - it is worth having a good dig amongst the various suppliers they deal with. I have not used mine yet - I vent through a window normally, but this does not work very well when the external temperature is low or the air humid. I am a bit concerned about water consumption for the steam condenser but I use RO water so I might try collecting the waste water from the RO unit and pump it to the steam condenser.

dcbrookes said:

The postage charge for this seems a bit steep. I bought a similar one from AliEx without the lid for less - it is worth having a good dig amongst the various suppliers they deal with. I have not used mine yet - I vent through a window normally, but this does not work very well when the external temperature is low or the air humid. I am a bit concerned about water consumption for the steam condenser but I use RO water so I might try collecting the waste water from the RO unit and pump it to the steam condenser.

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Fire it up use it!!! Report back.

What's the link to what you bought?

BKT have a placeholder for the new kegland one.

https://brewkegtap.co.uk/products/p...6&_sid=a8a4492d5&_ss=r&variant=40054465364049

That's the other one I was looking at on alibay

I'd build it with a 90 degree extended elbow and then a T piece, get a half inch end plate that you can fit a copper tube through to attach the spray nozzle on and then a simple end piece to attach by push fit a piece of hose onto.
So you'd need a tri clamp connector across the lid, a tri clamp to connect to the extended elbow, another triclamp to attach the T piece or offset T piece, triclamp to connect the half inch or 10mm end plate that the copper pipe goes through, another triclamp to attach the end pipe connector.

Should be able to use 1.5 inch for all of this.

Then cut a hole in the lid that will fit a lid from a kilner jar on. This is your looking in window and additions port. Much better than peering down the top of that T they have on the kegland one and sprinkling in your ingredients. You'll need asbestos hands to undo that add your additions and then put it back together. With a view port you'll be done before the first clamp is undone.

Have a look at here for some design options in a post of mine from elsewhere, note my condenser for a 70 litre unit and starts with 2 inch reduced to 1.5, yours would not need to be as complex and designed as I state above.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/spike-steam-lid-used-on-65l-brewzilla.689178/post-9070523
I'd source the parts on Aliexpress, it will be cheaper and worth the wait.