Aluminum HLT?

[Battery_BreweryNJ]

I have a 10 gallon aluminum pot that I want to make into a HLT. Is this a good idea? I know all the dislikes about aluminum , but will it effect the water? I tired doing a search but all that came up is stuff about boil pots.
Thanks

 

[McKBrew]

It will work just fine as an HLT.

 

[jpc]

I use an aluminum electric turkey fryer as a HLT with no issues.

 

[HomebrewJeff]

Yep, it will work out great. I've used one for several users now. It's a very sturdy material, and a lot easier to drill than stainless.

 

[conpewter]

If you have a shiny new pot just make sure to boil some water in it the first time to build up the passive oxide layer. If you don't you could get some metallic off-flavors in the first brew, they won't hurt you though.

 

[Cape Brewing]

+1 on all of the above. There are a ton of aluminum threads on this site...

I'm all aluminum 2 25 gallons alum pots for HLT and BK and then a 20 gal mounted inside a 30 and insulated in between for my MT.

They're all-good. Chics dig 'em too.

 

[Battery_BreweryNJ]

Awesome thanks for the feedback guys, I'm going out today to get some weldless fittings for it!

 

[mmb]

I'm all aluminum 2 25 gallons alum pots for HLT and BK and then a 20 gal mounted inside a 30 and insulated in between for my MT.

More information por favor?

This sounds great!

 

[Cape Brewing]

Whatta ya wanna know?

It seems to work really well although the rig is just very recently completed.

I basically took a small wooden block as a spacer, placed it in the bottom of a 30 gallon pot, placed the 20 gallon pot in the 30 so that the space all around it was equal to the 30 and then a little at a time I used expandable spray foam insulation to spray in between the two and insulate the 20 gallon pot really well.

It looks pretty nice to (at least I think it does).

I'll track down a pic.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Here's a pic...

not of the MT directly but you can see all three pots. This was the night it went "functional" it's been cleaned up a lot since.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachments/f45/9823d1234763255-drunken-ramblngs-rig1.jpg

 

[mmb]

Herms? Rims? Obviously not direct fired if you have insulation in the MLT.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Herms? Rims? Obviously not direct fired if you have insulation in the MLT.

Ah.. gotcha.. HERMS...

too lazy to type it all out again... just typed this:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/single-tier-questions-111990/index2.html

 

[orencobrewer]

Cool system, and I like your MT idea. Where did you get your aluminum pots?

 

[Cape Brewing]

Cool system, and I like your MT idea. Where did you get your aluminum pots?

I got them on Ebay... I got a crazy deal on them. I got all four for something like $130. The guy still sells them but they are more expensive now.