Santa showed up early in the form of my sister. She visited last week and bought me a 15 gallon BrewRite kettle! Bye-bye old, thin, cheap, 7 gallon, crappy turkey fryer pot! Hello BIAB barleywine!
And for the under $20 family gift exchange, I asked for a can of O2 so I can start oxygenating my wort. Now just have to convince Santa to get me a regulator and stainless steel airstone....