Kauai_Kahuna

Recipes 

Sirsloop, thanks for the update. I think I may include the flashing, might be more durable than tin foil, as long as it works.

balto charlie

Recipes 

sirsloop nice job. I think you are correct in taking the sleeve all the way to the stove top to include the burner. Charlie

__________________
Drinking Porter, Citra Pale Ale, Bock, Cx3 IPA
Conditioning: Bo Pils, Oktoberfest, Bock, Cx3 IPA
Secondary Arrogant Bastard clone
Primary
On Deck: Oatmeal stout, IPA, Uintas Wyld Ale Clone

sirsloop

Recipes 

one thing to note... the flashing cannot take direct flame or intense heat without smoking due to a thin plastic coating on the metal. Its on there to keep the aluminum pretty and protected from the elements. If you want to use it on a flame, I suggest preburning off the plastic outside with a touch.

__________________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~___//_ ____________________________~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~_/ [][]| | /```\/```\/```\/```\/```\ |~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~_/_______| |____NOW TRIPLE HOPPED______|~~~~~~~~~~
~~~___/[_]| 00 /| | \,,,/\,,,/\,,,/\,,,/\,,,/ |~~~~~~~~~~
~~|___|___|___/_| |___________________________|~~~~~~~~~~
~~|=(*)[________]==(*)(*)=| \________/=(*)(*)=|~~~~~~~~~~

Revvy

Recipes 

Sloop, great update! I'm following this thread quite intently since I have my eye out for a large pot for stivetop brewing as well.

__________________
Like my snazzy new avatar? Get Sons of Zymurgy swag, here, and brew with the best.

Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured. - Madman

I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew

FlyGuy

Recipes 

No, I haven't tried the stuff yet -- sorry man.

__________________
Cheap 10 gal cooler MLT • $3 Autosiphon • Aluminum Pot FAQ • Easy Steam Injection Mash System • Make a Frozen Yeast Bank
Improving Stovetop Boiling • Improving AG Efficiency

WDC

Recipes 

"sorry"? That's great! Now I get to find out on my own.

If it works I get beer, if it doesn't work I get to play with the fire extinguisher. Win/win!

bergman1118

Recipes 

ok, so i just got my 32 qt SS pot today, and was testing it out on my stove top to see if i could get 5 gallons of tap water up to boiling.. and i eventually did, setting the pot on two burners (regular metal coil burners) but it took over an hour to go from tap water temperature (i dunno maybe 60 degrees F or so) to boiling..

is this about normal for 5 gallons of water? i had planned on making some sort of insulation jacket anyway but was just wondering if about an hour and 15 mins was standard for boiling 5 gals of water?

TheFlatline

Recipes 

Sounds about right for an electric stove.

It may be a PITA, but maybe you could split the 5 gallons of water into 2 batches, to heat at the same time, in less total time, then combine the water together when you throw everything else into the pot.

__________________
I never did like to do anything simple when I could do it ass-backwards...

bergman1118

Recipes 

true, that may not be a bad idea.

TheFlatline

Recipes 

I do it with my turkey boiler setup. My kettle isn't big enough for the full 6 gallons of water plus the malt extract (this won't be such an issue with AG thankfully) so I leave out 2 gallons, get the 2 boiling in a smaller kettle, and once the big kettle boils down, I add some more water.

When we were doing mead (I could only talk people into a 15 minute boil, which is better than 1 hour) we started doing this, and we cut down the time for our batches to 45 minutes from start to pitch. 10 or so to bring water to boil, 15 boiling, and about 15 cooling, and 5 to strain/introduce some oxygen, and then you pitch. While you're pitching and storing, the water's on the boil again and your honey is already measured out.

__________________
I never did like to do anything simple when I could do it ass-backwards...