phoenixs4r
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Hello all,
I've lurked the forum a lot and read a bunch, but now I have a question before I go further.
Ive done about 10 extract kits, slowly replacing and buying equipment as necessary. I've been wanting to try all grain, but just couldn't justify buying the cooler and building the stuff to sparge (I want to fly sparge). Luckily, my girlfriend accidentally picked a lager recipe, and don't u know, I just HAD to buy a 10 gallon beverage cooler so we could keep it cold enough for first fermentation (capatalizing on her mistake ftw) .
Anyways, long story short. I only have 1 8 gallon SS kettle, and the beverage cooler. Can I:
A: Use said kettle as a HLT, sparge using the beverage cooler, and drain into a food grade bucket, then when its all done transfer back to the kettle for boiling. In essence, does the final wort have to remain above a certain temp or do I have some leeway?
B: I have an 8 gallon pot I could use as a HLT, which frees up my SS kettle, the only issue is this pot is aluminum, which I keep being told is a no - no for brewing related activities by my LBS, but have read mixed results online.
Which would be the better scenario?
Thanks!
I've lurked the forum a lot and read a bunch, but now I have a question before I go further.
Ive done about 10 extract kits, slowly replacing and buying equipment as necessary. I've been wanting to try all grain, but just couldn't justify buying the cooler and building the stuff to sparge (I want to fly sparge). Luckily, my girlfriend accidentally picked a lager recipe, and don't u know, I just HAD to buy a 10 gallon beverage cooler so we could keep it cold enough for first fermentation (capatalizing on her mistake ftw) .
Anyways, long story short. I only have 1 8 gallon SS kettle, and the beverage cooler. Can I:
A: Use said kettle as a HLT, sparge using the beverage cooler, and drain into a food grade bucket, then when its all done transfer back to the kettle for boiling. In essence, does the final wort have to remain above a certain temp or do I have some leeway?
B: I have an 8 gallon pot I could use as a HLT, which frees up my SS kettle, the only issue is this pot is aluminum, which I keep being told is a no - no for brewing related activities by my LBS, but have read mixed results online.
Which would be the better scenario?
Thanks!