Hey guys,
I've got a bit of a question, and I figured only brewers would be helpful here...
I'm an extract brewer, and have only 6 batches under my belt. My beer has its issues (beginners stuff) but I think they'll start coming together nicely soon enough.
For Christmas, I asked for kegging equipment, as I'm already tired of spending a lot of time bottling. Instead, I got a 10 gallon kettle. So I have a few questions - if I go with the 10 gallon kettle to do full boils I will need to buy the thermometer that screws into the kettle, certainly a wort chiller (was going to get one anyway, but would now need a bigger one...) and possibly need to get a burner/propane setup if using 2 burners on my stove can't get the approx. 6 gallons of wort to boil. All of this versus staying with my current 5 gallon kettle, getting a smaller wort chiller, and buying kegging stuff.
I'm not looking to go to all grain anytime in the next couple of years as I'm in grad school and don't have the time/space/money to spend on that big of an upgrade.
So given all of your experience and wisdom, which way do you think would be best - go down the road of using the bigger kettle with all the additional expenses (maybe partial mash???) or return the kettle and move towards putting together a kegging system?
As always, much appreciated!
I've got a bit of a question, and I figured only brewers would be helpful here...
I'm an extract brewer, and have only 6 batches under my belt. My beer has its issues (beginners stuff) but I think they'll start coming together nicely soon enough.
For Christmas, I asked for kegging equipment, as I'm already tired of spending a lot of time bottling. Instead, I got a 10 gallon kettle. So I have a few questions - if I go with the 10 gallon kettle to do full boils I will need to buy the thermometer that screws into the kettle, certainly a wort chiller (was going to get one anyway, but would now need a bigger one...) and possibly need to get a burner/propane setup if using 2 burners on my stove can't get the approx. 6 gallons of wort to boil. All of this versus staying with my current 5 gallon kettle, getting a smaller wort chiller, and buying kegging stuff.
I'm not looking to go to all grain anytime in the next couple of years as I'm in grad school and don't have the time/space/money to spend on that big of an upgrade.
So given all of your experience and wisdom, which way do you think would be best - go down the road of using the bigger kettle with all the additional expenses (maybe partial mash???) or return the kettle and move towards putting together a kegging system?
As always, much appreciated!