eanmcnulty
Well-Known Member
I was looking for a kettle. I brew 3 gallon batches mostly, but I wanted to brew 5 gallon batches of some of my regular recipes. I figured an 8 gallon kettle would do fine, but I was also looking at the 10 gallon Blichmann, so I posted the question to see if 3 gallon batches were okay to do in a 10 gallon Blichmann.
Some good folks gave me some good info. The Blichmann is beautiful, but I found out that it has a thin bottom (not tri-clad), and that the thermometer is at the four gallon mark in the kettle. With my 3 gallon batches that might work for heating my strike water, but it wouldn't even be under water for heating my sparge water (usually only 2 or 3 gallons).
Kurt at Brew Steel contacted me to let me know that he could outfit a stainless steel, tri-clad, 8 gallon kettle with a thermometer and ball valve for $245 shipped! It is basically the kettle sold at More Beer, but Kurt welded the ports where I needed them. The kettle is stainless steel with a tri-clad bottom and custom welded ports. Im really impressed with his work. He even included a dip tube.
Take a look at his brew sculptures. They look pretty nice.
| BadAss
I havent used the kettle yet, but I will update when I do.
Some good folks gave me some good info. The Blichmann is beautiful, but I found out that it has a thin bottom (not tri-clad), and that the thermometer is at the four gallon mark in the kettle. With my 3 gallon batches that might work for heating my strike water, but it wouldn't even be under water for heating my sparge water (usually only 2 or 3 gallons).
Kurt at Brew Steel contacted me to let me know that he could outfit a stainless steel, tri-clad, 8 gallon kettle with a thermometer and ball valve for $245 shipped! It is basically the kettle sold at More Beer, but Kurt welded the ports where I needed them. The kettle is stainless steel with a tri-clad bottom and custom welded ports. Im really impressed with his work. He even included a dip tube.
Take a look at his brew sculptures. They look pretty nice.
| BadAss
I havent used the kettle yet, but I will update when I do.
