I as of right now have always cooked on the gas stovetop, a Jenn-Air gas stove top. I just moved up to a bigger 10 gallon pot so I can do a full boil extract kit setup. I think this pretty much ends the ability to cook in the comfort of my kitchen. Could I do it in the basement? From what I'm hearing using a propane burner is not only unsafe but puts off too much gases for a basement? What bout electric burner elements in the brew pot? I'm just looking for ideas. If I can't do it in my kitchen, my second thought would be the basement, the 3rd would be the garage and the 4th would be outside on the patio. Really the boil is the tricky part but not sure I want to carry my 10 gallon Polarware pot with 5 gallons of wort into the house to finish up. What do others do. I'm not even talking AG brewing at this point, just full 5 gallon boils. Help me with some ideas. My basement is a 13 brick high concrete wall, unfinished at this point. My garage is pretty big, 30' x 28' or so. I have a patio that is pretty close to the kitchen but not sure about brewing outside.
Ideas!? I'm excited to do the full boil and someday AG. I've purchased the equipment: burner, made a counterflow chiller, and 10 gallon pot. The other thing is I could use some ideas for setup regardeless of where its at...sorta like a 3 tier system of kettle, chiller, then into primary 6.5 gallon fermenter bucket. Anyone have any pictures of there setup?! Sorry I have so many questions, my head is spinning with both anticipation of that first full 5 gallon brew and headache trying to figure out the logistics.
Ideas!? I'm excited to do the full boil and someday AG. I've purchased the equipment: burner, made a counterflow chiller, and 10 gallon pot. The other thing is I could use some ideas for setup regardeless of where its at...sorta like a 3 tier system of kettle, chiller, then into primary 6.5 gallon fermenter bucket. Anyone have any pictures of there setup?! Sorry I have so many questions, my head is spinning with both anticipation of that first full 5 gallon brew and headache trying to figure out the logistics.