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Will I ever need two burners, or will one really nice one do the job?

I just wanted to make sure that I would have enough room in a 10 gallon pot to work with the 15. Usually aesthetic issues like that bother the hell out of me, but I don't think it will in this case.

This is the information I've been wanting to hear. Thank you. So you think if I start with a 10 gallon economy kettle, and when I upgrade to 15 I can turn that in my sparge pot without an issue?

You don't think a 10 gallon cooler would work as a mash tun for a brew that size? That's what I was planning on doing. Maybe I should just go with a 15 gallon and plan to just stick with five gallons if I'm going high gravity. Would a 10 gallon pot be big enough for a strike/sparge if my brew...

I'm building my initial set up to easily upgrade from extract to all grain, but I have a couple of questions. First of all, I've been told that if I plan to eventually brew 10 gallon batches that I should buy a 20 gallon pot to leave room for high gravity beers such as barley wines. I also...

I think I'm probably going to buy a 10 gallon SS economy pot (maybe polar ware?), and then upgrade to a really nice 15 or 20 gallon once I switch to all grain, and make the 10 gallon my strike/sparge pot. That seems like the logical thing to do. Mainly since everyone on here seems to have a...

Keggles make me a little nervous. They aren't made with the intention to withstand that kind of heat. Does anyone have any issues with warping, or anything like that? Also, another question: What size sparge water pot would you need for 10 gallon batches?

So pretty much no one agrees. I guess I'll just do whatever I feel like doing.

People seem to say that if I don't get the nicest pot I can afford I will regret it.

I think 10 gallons would be reasonable to assume I would want to do at some point. I just don't want to have to dump a ton of money in to an upgrade to all grain after spending $400 on a kettle.

I've been told that if I'm going to go with Blichmann that I should buy the 15 gallon and be done with it. I just worry this a ballsy set up for my first kit, but to be fair those kettles retain value unbelievably well. Does your thermometer work at 5 gallons?

I've been bartending for years, and it's finally time for me to start doing some brewing for myself. This forum has been great for lurking until this point, but now I to get some input. I'm going to build my set up over the next few months, buying one nice piece of equipment at a time. I'd...