ok to use bigger pot then needed

Ok right now I do 5 gal brews in my turkey fryer pot and works good. I'm interested in doing 10 gal soon. I have a 20 gal ss pot. Would it be ok to use that pot for smaller brews? Maybe 5 or 10 gal brews.

Yeah I do 5 gal batches in a keggle ( 15 gal keg ) and I have no problems. The nice thing is its impossible to have a boil over!

JoeyChopps said:

Yeah I do 5 gal batches in a keggle ( 15 gal keg ) and I have no problems. The nice thing is its impossible to have a boil over!

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Don't be so sure of that.

integra93ls said:

I have a 20 gal ss pot. Would it be ok to use that pot for smaller brews? Maybe 5 or 10 gal brews.

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Absolutely

Ok thanks. Not sure what to do yet
I have the 20 gal ss pot and I have a 1/2 keg that needs to be cut. What to do?

Boil in the pot. Either use the pony keg as a fermenter or trade in so no deposits if you buy keg beer.

Don't pay dep on any kegs I get from my dist anyway. Fermented is a good idea. How? Just pop out the ball and put a stopper with airlock?

Might have to watch your boil off rate. The larger the surface area, the greater the boil off rate will be. But that's about it.

integra93ls said:

Don't pay dep on any kegs I get from my dist anyway. Fermented is a good idea. How? Just pop out the ball and put a stopper with airlock?

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Remove the spear and clean it out REALLY good. You can boil water in it, soak oxy, etc. Then use a stopper and airlock where the spear goes. Instant stainless fermenter.