Conical boil kettle ..

[trimixdiver1]

Im seriously thinking about it. After hearing what John Kimmich does by pushing hot wort through the chillers to the fermenters using CO2. Every little bit of improvement will make better beer.

So a 14g conical boil kettle

-Can pressurize (no need to spend money on another pump, less aggressive to the hop resins in the wort)
-Hot Break/ hop residue is removed much easier
-Can add the extention ring to increase the volume of the BK
-Use the racking port as a sample valve to check gravity during the boil

Im considering leaving the lid on during the boil with the keg lid removed, that way I can use the blowoff sanitary connection to fill with the running (can purge with CO2 before hand to prevent HSA).

Please let me know what you think. Am I missing any negatives…. other than cost?

Thanks!!

 

[wilconrad]

Did you end up doing this? Sounds like a cool idea, curious how it went.

 

[Quaker]

If I do greater than an 8 gallon batch, I boil in my 50L conical using a heat stick suspended down the center. Works well. I use a pump to circulate through a chiller. One drawback is the thermal mass takes a long time to cool down.

 

[trimixdiver1]

Nope, didn't work out for small batches.