Brain Transplant

I'm in the process of upgrading my equipment for about the 4th time. My wife thinks I need a brain transplant and maybe she is right. Anyway, since I switched to to all grain brewing I want to upgrade my 71/2 gallon enamel steel brewing pot to a 10 or 12 gal SS pot with a spigot and handles. A Polar Ware 10 gal pot costs about $200. Any suggestions on a cheaper one

I started out with a $50.00 Beginners kit and that kept me happy for a month or two. And then of course I had to have corboys and a wort chiller, then a 5gal pot then a 71/2 enamel pot. Next came a Corona grinder then a Barley Crusher numerous plastic buckets from Dunkin Donuts also several Igloo and Rubbermaid coolers. My wife wants to know what's next a brew house in the back yard and maybe conicals or what. My basement looks like a junk yard. Is this normal or do I really need a brain transplant?

Any help from you guys regarding My obsession for a SS pot? If not any good MD for the tyransplant?

davidkrau said:

A Polar Ware 10 gal pot costs about $200. Any suggestions on a cheaper one

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For about the same price...maybe even $50 less if you hit the hardware store, you can have a 15.5 gallon Sabco keggle, and never have to worry about upgrading your pot again.

I would consider this http://www.kegs.com/unket1.html if you are going to full boils or 10 gal batches this is a better deal.

The converted keg is a much better deal. A Universal Kettle is $100 and a ball valve will cost you $10 at Home Depot. You can plug the extra port for now and get a sight tube/thermometer later on.

Prosit!

I don't have a 3 tier setup. What I've been doing is 5 gal brews. I heat the water for the masm and sparge on the kitchen stove. I do the mash and sparging in ther kitchen. The wort goes into my 71/2 gak enamel steel pot. I then take the wort to my porch where I do the boil with a propane cooker. I then take the boiling wort to my kitchen counter where I cool it dowm with a wort cooler, hooked up to the kitchen faucet, Measure the volume. take the SG, siphon into a 61/2 corboy pitch the yeast and I'm done.

I've been leery about converted kegs. They look like they weigh a ton and don't have handles. I'll be 71 next month and doubt if I could carry a keg full of boiling wort from my porch to my kitchen holding it from the bottom with pot holders.

Acutally they do have handles. You can see the handle in this image, for instance.

http://www.kegs.com/unket1.html

Thanks Cormcob. I will Call Sabco on Monday