hanson95
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I currently use a plastic bucket for fermenting, but I have this idea and wanted your thoughts (I'm hoping this isn't an original idea and several people tell me they do it already successfully). What if I used a SS brew kettle as a fermentation vessel instead of buying a dedicated SS conical fermenter?
I can get a 24 qt SS kettle with lid for about $50 at my local restaurant supply. Then I figured I could install an airlock in the lid and let my wort ferment with just the weight of the lid keeping the vessel sealed (some of you do this with plastic buckets already, right?)
An added benefit would be that I could use this kettle as my HLT also, eliminating some equipment - I would use it for sparge water, and then sterilize it and use it to ferment. What do you think?
I can get a 24 qt SS kettle with lid for about $50 at my local restaurant supply. Then I figured I could install an airlock in the lid and let my wort ferment with just the weight of the lid keeping the vessel sealed (some of you do this with plastic buckets already, right?)
An added benefit would be that I could use this kettle as my HLT also, eliminating some equipment - I would use it for sparge water, and then sterilize it and use it to ferment. What do you think?