Keggle or 20 gallon Blichmann

[ThatGuyRyan]

My heat shields are being used as mounting areas for my (4) hose connections. One may be electrically etched with the brewery name on it as a name plate.

Sweet baby Jesus that sure is pretty!


Got any inside photos?

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

I have to 2nd that. Indeed they are. And I got my from AHS as well. One bit o' advice when you get it: use that heat shield to protect the thermometer and valve joint. Even WITH it, I still melted off the plastic coating to the valve handle on the first go-around.

Now, I'm using my wife's oven mitt to open the darned thing! Hee hee.

Thanks for the heads up! Actually I also just got a Blichmann TopTier Burner and the first time I used it with my current kettle I went to open the valve and my finger tips burnt to the valve it was so hot! My finger prints are actually scorched onto the valve handle still! This new burner just blows away my old turkey fryer.

 

[Arkador]

My heart says Blichmann but my budget says converted keg

+1 for the truth... my Keggle cost me about $50 to make

 

[th767]

What's a good price for the empty keg before adding everything else?

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

What's a good price for the empty keg before adding everything else?

That’s a loaded question to some here! It depends on where you get the keg and if it’s a stolen or non returned keg or one that was sold as scrap by the brewery. When I looked around most sites that sold used hand downs were around $100+. But you can find kegs on craigslist or scrap yards for about $40 sometimes even less. I could be wrong but when I looked around getting all the fittings that I wanted was way more than the keg itself.

 

[Arkador]

Many of my club members have gotten retired kegs from the local brewery for $30, usually because of something wrong with the stem. Add a $20 brass ball valve from bargainfittings.com and put it on a turkey fryer, and get brewing!

 

[th767]

That’s a loaded question to some here! It depends on where you get the keg and if it’s a stolen or non returned keg or one that was sold as scrap by the brewery. When I looked around most sites that sold used hand downs were around $100+. But you can find kegs on craigslist or scrap yards for about $40 sometimes even less. I could be wrong but when I looked around getting all the fittings that I wanted was way more than the keg itself.

Thanks for the info. Found one on Craig's list in that ball park.

 

[The Pol]

Sweet baby Jesus that sure is pretty!


Got any inside photos?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/kill-watt-brewery-build-compilation-158348/

There is a thread for that

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Kill A Watt Brewery Build Compilation

There is a thread for that

Thanks!

 

[Desert_Sky]

Sure it does! Choose one or more:

1. Defoamer (AHS sells some)
2. Fan directed at the top of the kettle (ask Jaybird or Biermuncher)
3. Spray bottle of water

Or how bout this...... instead of trying to compensate, you just get a bigger pot! I hate keggle brewing. Not to mention I like whirlpooling much more with a flat bottom

 

[The Pol]

Keggles suck

 

[mmb]

Keggles suck

They've done wonders for my wife...

 

[RonRock]

See if this would work for you: I have an extra 20 gallon brew kettle/whirlpool tank coming in early April with a sanitary valve & hose barb. $299 + shipping. http://conical-fermenter.com/products/special-orders/

Any better pictures of these kettles and conicals? Anybody here have them?
Good looking stuff.

 

[springer]

keggle cheap and sturdy

Blichmann not cheap very pretty dont move it by the handle with liquids in it .


Your choice


I use a 30 gallon kettle

 

[Desert_Sky]

Keggles suck

quoted just becasue