Brew pot blues...

[Zymurgrafi]

olllllo. Yikes! nice one...

slightly but, nice.

Pumbaa,
Thanks, I am assuming that is for electric ranges? Can't see how that would help with my propane stove as the flames would just go right around the wire. But I understand the principle.

 

[Monster Mash]

Wow, that is amazing. What did you use to clean them?

...and, what were they to begin with anyways???

I think I am nearly convinced. It is really cheap.

Those are pool filter housings. I am cheap and I got them for free, that is the only reason I went from 5 gallon batches to 25 gallon batches.

Scrubbing with Bar Keepers Friend was a lot of work but it shined them up nice.

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

1. Take the coat hanger and clip off the hook so you have a long wire

2. then bend it into a star shape
see attached images



the now coat hanger (now diffuser) will raise your kettel just enuff so that it's not directly on the burner and will help reduce the tendency of scaorching the bottom of your kettle

If a wire coat hange and pair of snips is too advanced for ya you can probably buy something very nice and more technical at a camping supply store for $20

Thanks for chiming in. I forgot to check back with this thread. I didn't do near as pretty of work with mine, but it still works fine.

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

olllllo. Yikes! nice one...

slightly but, nice.

Pumbaa,
Thanks, I am assuming that is for electric ranges? Can't see how that would help with my propane stove as the flames would just go right around the wire. But I understand the principle.

I'm pretty sure they make solid ones, but you'd have to pay money, and that would defeat the whole purpose.

I thought about setting it in my cast iron skillet before someone on this board told me about the wire hanger. That might work.

 

[Mozongo]

No... wire... hangers. What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER?

WOW!!! You really went all out on that one.Nice....Thanks...I really enjoyed it
mo

 

[Zymurgrafi]

ALRIGHT!
Well, I actually went ahead and bought the "dollar store" 20 quarts ss pot. I went and checked it again and it was thin and slightly dirty but, for $10 I could not resist.

Just brewed an apa with it. So far so good. Everything is coming along nicely. Tastes good, looks good, hit my target...

Hopefully this will hold me over a while!

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Northern Brewer has some of the better prices around for stainless brew kettles.

http://www.northernbrewer.com/kettles.html

I have the 80 qt version, and I really like it. I highly recommend saving the $90 or so it would take to get the 32 qt size for your full boil 5 gallon batches.

Sounds like you made a good purchase for the interim!

 

[Blackline]

Just a quick peep out of me.... I got a 22 or 20 qt SS pot at BigLots for $9. It may not be the greatest but for $9 bucks! I'm not sure i would buy any thing else in that store but I could not pass up this deal.

I'm not sure if Big Lots is a AZ only store or what.. I think they used to be pick-n-save....

Any way just thought I would put that out there.