subliminalurge
Well-Known Member
So I've finally made a firm decision to make the jump to all-grain. I have one 10 gallon rubbermaid cooler purchased, and was thinking about buying another this weekend, along with placing an order for the hardware to convert them to MT and HLT.
Then it occured to me that they'd do me no good until I upgrade my boiling setup. My current gear can do a 5 gallon extract batch, but not a 5 gallon all-grain. So I need a burner and brew kettle. Going to get a good turkey fryer kit as a "starter" burner, but have no idea what to do about a boil kettle.
I can't afford to go "high end", but I also don't want to waste money on garbage that I'll be upgrading within a year.
Long story short, what size kettle should I be looking at that will be big enough to move to 10 gallons when I'm ready, but not "too big" to do 5 gallon batches? Basically, I want any new purchases to be capable of both size batches. My intention is to move to 10 gallons, but I'll be stuck at 5 for awhile until I make some upgrades through the entire pipeline. And, unfortunately, money is very much a consideration these days.
I'm thinking 60 quart, but all of my googling returns all kinds of conflicting opinions.
Would appreciate suggestions, as well as the reasoning behind them.
Then it occured to me that they'd do me no good until I upgrade my boiling setup. My current gear can do a 5 gallon extract batch, but not a 5 gallon all-grain. So I need a burner and brew kettle. Going to get a good turkey fryer kit as a "starter" burner, but have no idea what to do about a boil kettle.
I can't afford to go "high end", but I also don't want to waste money on garbage that I'll be upgrading within a year.
Long story short, what size kettle should I be looking at that will be big enough to move to 10 gallons when I'm ready, but not "too big" to do 5 gallon batches? Basically, I want any new purchases to be capable of both size batches. My intention is to move to 10 gallons, but I'll be stuck at 5 for awhile until I make some upgrades through the entire pipeline. And, unfortunately, money is very much a consideration these days.
I'm thinking 60 quart, but all of my googling returns all kinds of conflicting opinions.
Would appreciate suggestions, as well as the reasoning behind them.