Hello all! I've been a beer enthuthiast for a while and am finally taking that leap of faith into making my own. Combined with perusing this forum and reading a little on the subject, many of my questions have thankfully been answered so let me start with this:
I am starting basic and working my way up as I gain more experience and knowledge (and funding) so for now I am sticking with a partial boil from most likely a Brewers Best kit. I need to purchase a kettle and from alot of what I have read on here bigger is the way to go especially since I will eventually graduate to full boils and all grains. The price difference between the pots aren't astronomical so I pose this question:
What size kettle would work for a partial 2.5 gal being heated on an electric stove top and also work well for a 5 gal full boil on a later purchased LP burner?
I guess I'm just worried about having too big of a pot for my stove top but at the same time I don't want to get something that works great for the partial but leaves me struggling with a full because of boil over and capacity. Would a 32 quart or 40 quart suffice?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Mason
I am starting basic and working my way up as I gain more experience and knowledge (and funding) so for now I am sticking with a partial boil from most likely a Brewers Best kit. I need to purchase a kettle and from alot of what I have read on here bigger is the way to go especially since I will eventually graduate to full boils and all grains. The price difference between the pots aren't astronomical so I pose this question:
What size kettle would work for a partial 2.5 gal being heated on an electric stove top and also work well for a 5 gal full boil on a later purchased LP burner?
I guess I'm just worried about having too big of a pot for my stove top but at the same time I don't want to get something that works great for the partial but leaves me struggling with a full because of boil over and capacity. Would a 32 quart or 40 quart suffice?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Mason