Stainless Vs Aluminium

Currently I have a 40 Qt. Stainless Steel Stock Pot for my boil. I am looking to do 10 gallon batches. I am thinking about converting a Keg to a keggle, but there is pretty good deals on Aluminium pots out there. So I was hoping to get the pro's and con's of Steel and Aluminium. Whats the big difference?

Not much...I use 15 gallon aluminum pots.

Aluminum Pot FAQ

You can beat a keggle around the head with an iron bar and it will still be a keggle.....If you are the gentle kind, then no real difference apart from that you can sometimes get a keg really cheap. Aluminium pots, not so much.

Not sure. It's never been discussed before.

I kind of like the heat transfer benefits of aluminum, but then again, I like the fact that you can beat the stainless like a red headed stepchild??? If you prefer aluminum. then go that way.

I just checked my pot and it's Stainless Aluminium Stainless sandwich on bottom. Why? I am not exactly sure, but I can tell you that I am going to ask my chemistry proffessor tomorrow and get some conclusive answers about what the benefits would be? I get the durability factor, but lets be honest is it really a factor. I am not playing tackle football with my brew pot, I am just brewing delicious beer. I have a feeling the melting points of these metal or alloys has something to do with it. Aluminium has a drastically lower melting point which leads me to thinking it may heat quicker or take initial heat faster than steel. I don't know I am just rambling at this point. Will get back with conclusive evidence from the Prof.

Fingers said:

Not sure. It's never been discussed before.

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I lol'ed.


https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/vs-pro-con-analysis-109318/

The major difference, it is a bitc* to get anything to boil in a keggle on an electric stovetop!

There was a photo kicking around here a while ago of a guy who was stovetopping a keggle...funny as hell to me! If I recall, he was supplementing w/ a heatsick.

I heard that stainless steel can give you Alzheimers Disease.