Posted: 7/23/2015 7:08:18 PM EDT
| Just getting into brewing. Did a mr beer kit last year, and recently purchased a kit to make 5 gallon batches and a couple different extract beers from Midwest supply (awesome retailer.) I've watched a billion videos on it so I'm pretty confident. My question is, I notice everyone uses stainless steel brew pots. I have a 30 qt porcelain coated pot from a turkey fryer. Is there a reason everyone uses stainless steel or will I be alright using this? Thanks in advance. |
This is only the beginning and I will tell you something I wish I learned earlier. Buy once, cry once. Get a 15 gallon, stainless pot with at least 1 port on the bottom. That will be your bare minimum going forward if you get any deeper in to this hobby. Don't skimp and buy a 8-10 gallon because while that works now for extract, moving to all grain will pretty much force the upgrade to 15 gallons. BIAB requires a minimum 15 gallon kettle. 10 gallon all grain batches require at least 3-15 gallon kettles, if not 2-15's and a 20. |
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So, I bought a used 15 gallon kettle from a local brewery that was downsizing their old homebrew equipment. I love it for 5 gallon all grain batches with 1 caveat: my evaporation rate is too damn high since the surface area of my wort is huge compared to its volume. I guess I have to move up to 10 gallon batches to get those rates under control. |
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Quoted: So, I bought a used 15 gallon kettle from a local brewery that was downsizing their old homebrew equipment. I love it for 5 gallon all grain batches with 1 caveat: my evaporation rate is too damn high since the surface area of my wort is huge compared to its volume. I guess I have to move up to 10 gallon batches to get those rates under control. Oh no. You have to make more beer. I feel terrible for you.  |