vanwolfhausen
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I want to upgrade to a 30gallon BK. What do you guys think of the Blichman kettles?
I just used my 20 gal boil kettle for the first time this week and could not be happier with it. The sight glass is great for accurate pre and post boil volumes (useless during boil), the brewmometor is great, I have them on both my keggle hlt and mash tun too, and the dip tube drains the wort very well, even with lots of pellet hops (see photo...let settle for 30 min after whirlpool). Wall thickness is a non issue.
For the sight glass during boil, there is a small piece of sheet metal that goes under the kettle to shield the valve and sight glass from heat. This will prevent the sight glass liquid from boiling.
ONE blichmann 15g kettle with false bottom ($450)
or
THREE Keggles, converted with welded fittings, sightglass, thermometers, ballvalves, false bottom.. ($450)
Im sure the Blichmanns are nice but not very cost effective
A rough estimate for one sankey keg is somewhere around $200 to $300. Unless you're very lucky and find the score of the century on Craigslist - how does one acquire three sankey kegs and everything else you mentioned for $450?
mattldm said:ONE blichmann 15g kettle with false bottom ($450)
or
THREE Keggles, converted with welded fittings, sightglass, thermometers, ballvalves, false bottom.. ($450)
Im sure the Blichmanns are nice but not very cost effective
ONE blichmann 15g kettle with false bottom ($450)
or
THREE Keggles, converted with welded fittings, sightglass, thermometers, ballvalves, false bottom.. ($450)
Im sure the Blichmanns are nice but not very cost effective
One of our finished Keggles
That's one fricking beeeuuuuutiful keggle. Awesome job!
How many days did it take to get that shine?
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