A fantastic, decently priced homebrew kettle.I picked up this kettle a few months back for roughly $180. This kettle is a weld-less setup (meaning the spigot and thermometer are not welded directly onto the kettle) and does require some careful construction to insure no leakage. Both the spigot and the thermometer come with two silicone o-rings for the inside and outside of the kettle. The key is to tighten the nuts enough that they are secure, but not too tight as this can actually cause some leaking. On the first brew day I had a few drips leak from the thermometer as I was heating up the water, but it stopped within 3 minutes.
The stainless-steel false bottom works very well for my setup, but if you are hoping to use it as a lauter tun, I would recommend attaching the bazooka screen at the same time in case any grain falls below it (there is a trick to this, there is a very specific angle the false bottom can be turned to to fit both in at the same time.
For reference, I have been using this for a...
Well made!I am a stove top all-grain BIAB brewer, I have completed three 5 Gal brews using this product. I can say that this product is well made and has exceeded my expectations at this price point. I paid $220 shipped. The quality of the material is excellent.
As a BIAB brewer, I am limited in the amount of grain that I can use due to the size of the pot. For 5 Gal brews, I will limit my grain bills to 10#. For this reason I would recommend the 10 Gal model. I will likely move to 4 Gal brews in the future.
The supports on the false bottom interfere with the Stainless tube-shaped filter screen. As a result, it isn't seamless to get the false bottom in place. You need to play around with it to get it into place. As a result, I've given the product 4 stars. Happy brewing!
the pot is solid enough,but the thermometer doesn't work.I have only brewed with this once,and the finished beer isn't ready to drink yet,but I think I can comment on the pot's quality overall.I have no major complaints about the solidity of the pot,but I dropped it once,about maybe one foot,onto a hard tile floor,and I can see where the pot warped slightly.And I mean on the bottom,which is supposed to be a thick tri-ply construction.Okay,it's not a huge warp,but it's visible.Other than that,I can't say that the pot isn't physically solid
.As far as the brewing process is concerned,there was no scorching on the pot during the mash,but I got a stuck mash the very first time I used it,and it happened after I had already recirculated my wort a couple of times.It was from the torpedo screen,I'm quite sure.I had to transfer the mash to my old setup that this unit was supposed to replace and proceed from there.I managed to make a smooth transition and produce a wort with good clarity,and my mash efficiency still checked out at about...
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