All,
I am trying to prioritize my purchasing of new brewing equipment.
First, I have been home brewing off and on for 20 years. But, in the last 2 years I have started getting serious and having fun. I switched from bottling to kegs and now have 4 beers on tap. I typically brew mini-mashes (part extract part specialty grains).
Equipment wise I have a 20 qt plain jane boiling pot, a 6 gallon plastic primary, a glass carboy, a wort chiller, and a pre-chiller. Lastly I have a beautiful hand built 4 keg keezer.
I have started thinking about getting a conical fermenter. Then I started thinking about getting a better/larger boiling pot. And of course maybe a Igloo mash tun. For the conical it looks like prices range from $90 for a plastic FastFerment, $225 for a SS BrewBucket, or $400 for a SS Chronicle 7 gallon. A 10 gallon boiling pot will run $100-200 with all the tri-clover fittings.
So any suggestions on where I should start?
I am trying to prioritize my purchasing of new brewing equipment.
First, I have been home brewing off and on for 20 years. But, in the last 2 years I have started getting serious and having fun. I switched from bottling to kegs and now have 4 beers on tap. I typically brew mini-mashes (part extract part specialty grains).
Equipment wise I have a 20 qt plain jane boiling pot, a 6 gallon plastic primary, a glass carboy, a wort chiller, and a pre-chiller. Lastly I have a beautiful hand built 4 keg keezer.
I have started thinking about getting a conical fermenter. Then I started thinking about getting a better/larger boiling pot. And of course maybe a Igloo mash tun. For the conical it looks like prices range from $90 for a plastic FastFerment, $225 for a SS BrewBucket, or $400 for a SS Chronicle 7 gallon. A 10 gallon boiling pot will run $100-200 with all the tri-clover fittings.
So any suggestions on where I should start?