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Brew Kettles
The terms pot, stock pot, and kettle are used interchangeably. You will need a stainless steel (preferred) or enamel lined pot with a capacity of at least sixteen quarts for recipes using three gallons liquid. Your pot will need a fitted lid but it is not necessary for it to seal tightly.
Brew kettles are nothing more than stock pots. The best are made of stainless steel. Aluminum will react with the acidic wort and may give your beer an odd flavor. It will hold at least 12 quarts of water.
All homebrewers will find their thoughts quickly turning to bigger brew kettles. While using a pot large enough to boil all five gallons of wort will improve your beer, there are two major drawbacks that must be addressed before you invest your money. How will you heat it and how will you cool it?
Unless you have a restaurant grade stove in your kitchen or a propane turkey fryer, you probably don't have a heat source that can efficiently bring five gallons of water to a boil in less than a few hours. It is even possible to damage your conventional stove in trying. A five gallon kettle containing no more than three gallons of water plus ingredients is about the recommended limit for a residential cook top. A smaller kettle may be recommended by the stoves manufacture. This is especially true of flat top stoves.
Regardless of how you brew always make safety your first concern. Boiling wort is nothing to take chances with. If you have ever had a boil over, you know the wort has a mind of its own and it will stick like super glue. A five gallon batch can weigh as much as 60 pounds. Make sure that your stove or burner can support the weight.
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Canning Kettles are black porcelain on steel. The canning racks holds 7 jars. |
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3" dial with 2-1/2" probe | 60-220 degress FA 1/2" hole must be drilled into the brew pot.The BrewMometer utilizes a unique dial face that guides the homebrewer through the different stages of the brewing process. This helps to eliminate errors and to develop consistency in your brews. The BrewMometer faceplate contains all of the commonly used brewing processes and associated temperature ranges. Each process contains an ideal temperature, indicated by an arrow and an acceptable range, indicated by a box. Since many procedures and properties of beer are subjective, the selected temperatures should be used as guidelines, not hard limits. |