DaBills
Well-Known Member
Please read this thread if you have experience with both kinds of brewpots. I have read and researched everything there is to know about these two kinds of pots. I have a specific question to ask anyone who has used both.
1) In theory aluminum is supposed to heat quicker and more evenly than stainless steel. Does anyone know how long 10 gallons will come to a boil (say from 60 degress using a blichmann burner) in a steel and an aluminum? I have found two posts that state the poster had done side by side comparisons and stainless came to a boil quicker? This is not supposed to happen. The idea of heating quickly is more attractive to me even more so than the cost savings of aluminum. If I could cut even 20 minutes off my brewday that really adds up. It would not make a big difference on 5 gallon batches but if I'm heating up 15 or more gallons of water for a double-triple batch I want all the help I can get.
1) In theory aluminum is supposed to heat quicker and more evenly than stainless steel. Does anyone know how long 10 gallons will come to a boil (say from 60 degress using a blichmann burner) in a steel and an aluminum? I have found two posts that state the poster had done side by side comparisons and stainless came to a boil quicker? This is not supposed to happen. The idea of heating quickly is more attractive to me even more so than the cost savings of aluminum. If I could cut even 20 minutes off my brewday that really adds up. It would not make a big difference on 5 gallon batches but if I'm heating up 15 or more gallons of water for a double-triple batch I want all the help I can get.