Cheapest source for a 7-10 gallon pot

Aluminum or steel, preferably steel. Wanting to do 6 gallon full boil.

instawares.com always had good prices, I bought some SS pots from Austin Homebrew a while back. They're pretty thin, but should work just fine.

david00001 said:

http://www.homebrewing.org/9-Gallon-SS-Brew-Pot-AIH_p_2132.html?AffId=160

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Wow, great price.

Walmart. 32QT (8gal) Aluminum pot is $23.99 all day, every day. I put something like 30+ batches through one before moving up to a keggle.

I have a thin, cheap Proctor-Silex 30 qt. SS pot I bought to do extracts when I started. It was $40 on sale from Cooking.com. I'm still using it to do full 6.5 gal. all grain boils. It works just fine.

I paid 45 shipped for a 10 gallon aluminum pot... Winware on amazon

Do you do the 6.5 gallon boil on a stove pot. Just curious don't mean to thread jack.

david00001 said:

http://www.homebrewing.org/9-Gallon-SS-Brew-Pot-AIH_p_2132.html?AffId=160

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I'll second these pots. Picked up their 2-port a few months ago on pre-order and finally got a chance to try it out last night, worked great!

Academy has 32-quart turkey fry pots for $19.99 regular price. Comes with lid.

See if you can find a used restaurant equipment shop or a scrap metal dealer. Lots of time they'll have used pots really cheap.

Ma23456 said:

I paid 45 shipped for a 10 gallon aluminum pot... Winware on amazon

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I have both a 15 and 20 gallon version of these. The 20 was less than 100 shipped from amazon. The 15 I got at a local restaurant supply store. Aluminum is also very
Easy to drill.

BetterSense said:

Academy has 32-quart turkey fry pots for $19.99 regular price. Comes with lid.

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What's academy?

Ma23456 said:

I paid 45 shipped for a 10 gallon aluminum pot... Winware on amazon

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I have the same one. It works great.

david00001 said:

http://www.homebrewing.org/9-Gallon-SS-Brew-Pot-AIH_p_2132.html?AffId=160

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I have two of these with the single weld and they work great. :rockin:

I've also got the winware 40 qt from amazon. I got it for less than $40 shipped, and I can already see that in the future it will be a good HLT.

For Aluminum I recommend Food Service Warehouse

For SS, the new gear from Adventures In Homebrewing (posted above) can't be beat for the price. They're my LHBS. They have quality gear and stand behind their products.

If you have amazon prime you get two day free shipping on these pots:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CHKL68/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

ive bought two from them and they are impressively thick, sturdy and good quality. cant go wrong.

david00001 said:

http://www.homebrewing.org/9-Gallon-SS-Brew-Pot-AIH_p_2132.html?AffId=160

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I got their 15 gallon, 2 port version. I brewed my first all grain batch this weekend and I love it. I used it to filter my mash as my bazooka screen didn't fit my old pot. I had a small boil over because I didn't take the lid off when the boil started but other than that I didn't have to worry about any hop induced boil overs. The value on these things are amazing. I'm planning on buying the 9 gallon version next to use as a mash tun. Now if only they made a 3 port version so I could add a sight glass.

deflagratio said:

Now if only they made a 3 port version so I could add a sight glass.

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AIH will gladly add additional ports for you if you ask (for a fee). I asked when I was there last week. I'm considering a HERMS setup. I didn't ask how much though.