Anybody here do the same kind of hindsight forehead slapping?
I wanted to brew at home so I got a kit, a kettle, fermenter, yada-yada. Then I got a nice 5 gallon pot to do full boils with extract and it was not quite big enough to allow comfort at the hot break, and ya know, some day I'd like to do all grain so I got an 8 gallon brew kettle, a nice one from MoreBeer! ...Now I just finished my first all grain doing a 7 gallon, 90 minute boil and the 8 gallon flipp'n pot is barely large enough, causing a bit of stress at the hot break. So, I've got a nice couple of tri-clad pots I've outgrown all in the course of half a flipp'n year, I'm in the market for a 10 gallon or larger... :smack:
Note to newbies (newbier than I): Think about the pot you'd like to have. What size would ya like? Double that and get it or you'll be admitting to idiotic behavior such as I just did...
I wanted to brew at home so I got a kit, a kettle, fermenter, yada-yada. Then I got a nice 5 gallon pot to do full boils with extract and it was not quite big enough to allow comfort at the hot break, and ya know, some day I'd like to do all grain so I got an 8 gallon brew kettle, a nice one from MoreBeer! ...Now I just finished my first all grain doing a 7 gallon, 90 minute boil and the 8 gallon flipp'n pot is barely large enough, causing a bit of stress at the hot break. So, I've got a nice couple of tri-clad pots I've outgrown all in the course of half a flipp'n year, I'm in the market for a 10 gallon or larger... :smack:
Note to newbies (newbier than I): Think about the pot you'd like to have. What size would ya like? Double that and get it or you'll be admitting to idiotic behavior such as I just did...