sdbrew1024
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Hello all!
I've been an extract brewer for almost 2 years now and I've been thinking of moving to all-grain brewing. I went to my local homebrew shop today to get some advice on the additional equipment that I'll need. My local shop was very adamant that I could not use an 8 gallon boiling kettle. They told me that I would need to get a very large specialized container with a spigot on it. They had a modified keg with the top missing and a hole drilled on the side of it for a spigot, for almost $300! What kind of advice can you guys give me? Do I need this thing? What's the purpose of the spigot? Up until now I've simply been pouring my small kettle into my carboy at the end of the boil, should I not be doing this?
I've been an extract brewer for almost 2 years now and I've been thinking of moving to all-grain brewing. I went to my local homebrew shop today to get some advice on the additional equipment that I'll need. My local shop was very adamant that I could not use an 8 gallon boiling kettle. They told me that I would need to get a very large specialized container with a spigot on it. They had a modified keg with the top missing and a hole drilled on the side of it for a spigot, for almost $300! What kind of advice can you guys give me? Do I need this thing? What's the purpose of the spigot? Up until now I've simply been pouring my small kettle into my carboy at the end of the boil, should I not be doing this?