is a giant water boiling kettle good for brewing?

[omazing]

hi guys, i found in the market a normal water boiling kettle (its 8G in size!) its used mainly for boiling water via electricity. Can I use this to brew? aka i want it to boil the starting water and then i add the DME to it and what not. let me know. thx

 

[Sammy86]

Do you have a link, we need more info!

 

[omazing]

Do you have a link, we need more info!

i can't find it online. but its a normal looking big pot (stainless steel) with electricity. its used mainly for boiling huge amount of water

 

[mantaray]

You could certainly use it as a hot liquor tank

 

[Jaybird]

Without knowing what element is in it or if it is going to be directly touching the wort I can't really say. It can ALWAYS be an HLT that's for sure.

Cheers
Jay

 

[omazing]

Without knowing what element is in it or if it is going to be directly touching the wort I can't really say. It can ALWAYS be an HLT that's for sure.

Cheers
Jay

what's HLT?

 

[bellhp]

Hot liquor tank ... basically just heats the water( liquor) then it's transferred to mash tun / boil kettle etc.

 

[T Murph]

HLT is the hot liquor tank. In a typical three vessel system a HLT is used to preheat water to be used in the MT (mash tun) where the fermentable sugars are extracted from the grain.

 

[Jaybird]

what's HLT?

Hot liquor tank.
A vessel used solely for water aka hot liquor
Cheers
Jay