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Jcosta78
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Link Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 1:30 pm Post subject: SS Brewtech Kettles |
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Hello!
I am new here and have started working on my brewery set up, thanks for providing a great resource here Kal! Currently working on my panel. Looking at ordering the rest of my equipment soon and am stuck on the kettle part. I do 5 and 3 gallon batches so I am leaning towards 10 gallon kettles. In searching the site I can't seem to find any info on SS brewtech kettles. They have a newer false bottom that looks promising. Any body here using one? Also, would 4500 watt elements be fine for 10 gallon kettles? Thanks in advance, John
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Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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VaWineSnob
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Link Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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I also do 5 gallon batches and built my system with ten gallon kettles. I recently upgraded the boil kettle to 15 gallon due to boilovers. I will eventually upgrade to 15 gallon HLT, I have to split the water between the HLT and MLT and heat through the HERMS coil.
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Jcosta78
Joined: 18 Feb 2017 Posts: 8
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Link Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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I have a lower end 15 gallon welded kettle already. Maybe I will pick up another for the HLT and just bite the bullet and get the blichman kettle for the MLT. Their false bottom does seem to be far superior then the rest.
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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I have the 20 gallon SS BrewTech kettles. I really like them. One thing I wasn't happy about was that they come standard with a reticulation hole punched at the top right side of the kettle. Don't get me wrong, that's great for the HLT and Mash Tun but no reason for one in the BK. I believe this is standard on 10+ gallon kettles.
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Jcosta78
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Link Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Turns out the 10 gallon SS kettles are sold out and the only place that carries them here in Canada is saying July-August till they get them again. They do have the 15 gallon kettle though. Is there any downside to using a 15 gallon kettle for the mash tun?? I will be doing primarily 5.5 gallon batches.
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Why not jump up to 20 gallon pots? I bumped up to 10 gallon batches because you get twice the reword for the same amount of work. I normally split the batch into two fermentors and use a different kind of yeast for each. Great way to fine tune your recipes.
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Ozarks Mountain Brew
Joined: 22 May 2013 Posts: 737 Location: The Ozark Mountains of Missouri
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Link Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:31 am Post subject: |
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even if just brewing 5 gallon batches I would still have 15 gallon kettles, thats what I had for years
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Jcosta78
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Link Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Ozarks Mountain Brew wrote: | even if just brewing 5 gallon batches I would still have 15 gallon kettles, thats what I had for years |
No issues with using the 15g kettle for the mash tun?
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Ozarks Mountain Brew
Joined: 22 May 2013 Posts: 737 Location: The Ozark Mountains of Missouri
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Link Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 1:06 am Post subject: |
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not at all works great
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