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Now there's a thought. My old kettle was 20qt, the new one is 64qt (I have big dreams), but a 5 gallon bucket isn't much taller than the old kettle, I may have enough slack to modify my old chiller for use in a bucket. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the replies. Good point on the s-valve, I may look into that. I think those are rated to 140-160 degrees. I've read other people melting their better bottles with hot wort. HDPE buckets are rated to 230 degrees and are rated food safe, as long as there is no dye used. It...

I recently upgraded to a larger kettle in order to start doing BIAB, and I just realized my old homemade wort chiller won't fit in this new kettle. After doing some reading I want to go the slow chill / no-chill route for the time being. I also have this big body of mostly unused and...