SpanishCastleAle
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I kmow there have been threads and I've read some but I'm still unsure.
I won some monies so I'm gonna get a nice brew kettle. I like the Blichmann except I'm concerned about the sight glass. If the sight glass ever breaks or leaks one drop, evar!, I'll be sorry I got it. It's just too easy to stick a dowel down in a pot to measure volume those couple of times I need to measure volume and there's nothing to clean ('cept a dowel).
How easy/hard is it to clean the sight glass?
Are you glad the sight glass is there or do you think it would be easier and simpler to just do away with it and use a dowel (or equal)?
There also have been complaints that the dip tube attachment for keeping hops/trub out of the fermenter clogs frequently. Is that true or is that more of a 'pilot error' thing?
I only know of the Blichmann, Sabco kegs (which I don't want), and Megapots. Any other contenders? I think I like the false bottom design of the Blichmann better than the Megapot. I also like the build of the Morebeer kettles but they have stupid volumes for their pots imo. It MUST be 10 gallon...an 8 gallon kettle is a mistake I won't make again.
I won some monies so I'm gonna get a nice brew kettle. I like the Blichmann except I'm concerned about the sight glass. If the sight glass ever breaks or leaks one drop, evar!, I'll be sorry I got it. It's just too easy to stick a dowel down in a pot to measure volume those couple of times I need to measure volume and there's nothing to clean ('cept a dowel).
How easy/hard is it to clean the sight glass?
Are you glad the sight glass is there or do you think it would be easier and simpler to just do away with it and use a dowel (or equal)?
There also have been complaints that the dip tube attachment for keeping hops/trub out of the fermenter clogs frequently. Is that true or is that more of a 'pilot error' thing?
I only know of the Blichmann, Sabco kegs (which I don't want), and Megapots. Any other contenders? I think I like the false bottom design of the Blichmann better than the Megapot. I also like the build of the Morebeer kettles but they have stupid volumes for their pots imo. It MUST be 10 gallon...an 8 gallon kettle is a mistake I won't make again.