Questions tagged [boil-kettle]
A vessel used for containing and heating the wort during the boil phase of beer making.
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What is the relationship between specific gravity and boiling point?
I know that adding sugar increases the boiling point of water, but by how much? Searched the web and can't find an answer.
Reason for asking is that a food grade Nylon 66 component I'm considering ...
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How much wort should be left in the brew pot?
I just did a 3 Gallon boil with about 100g of hops.
It felt like I left a lot of wort in the brew pot when transferring to the fermenter. It was a struggle to keep the flow in the siphon due to all ...
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Is an 8 litre boil too small for a 23 litre extract kit?
I have 2 10 litre cookpots; one of which I've been using for brewing. I've been working with an 8 litre boil and a 12.5 litre batch size. I want to purchase a 23 litre extract kit. The kit includes 2 ...
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Brew in a bag with a 4 gallon kettle
Went to the brew shop and the owner helped me build a recipe for a brew in a bag. He said to steep the grains in 2.5 gallons, then heat up 4.5 gallons and add it to the 2.5 gallons for the boil.
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Brewing in former lotion pot
Some relatives recently gave me a 6-gallon aluminum pot that they no longer wanted. The pot was used to make homemade lotion. I've been needing a bigger brew pot, but money has been tight. I'm excited ...
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How can i stop losing so much water during brew
I am brewing with a 25l HLT, 30l Mash tun and 52l boiler.
I am boiling 20l to 25l water in the HLT and losing some water during the Mash and Sparge.
By the end of the sparge I am getting about 15l ...
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Mash Boiler – What's a good boiler?
i'm new to the brewing game and am currently waiting for a few whole grain brews to come of age.
One thing i'd like to do is purchase a larger mash boiler and dedicate a bit of space in the shed for ...
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Poor hop aroma for late addition hops
My boil kettle is about 56x85cm, so relatively tall and narrow. I get a good rolling boil but no matter how much hops I throw in in the last 5 minutes I can never seem to get any aroma whatsoever. I'm ...
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Boil options with a small pot
I'm about to make my first brew (from an extract kit), it's a 25litre batch (6.5us gal). Following John Palmer's advice I will be doing a partial boil. But the biggest pot I have available is 6litres (...
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Can I make a 10g batch with a 16g kettle?
I'm planning an upgrade to my 5 gallon setup to do 10 gallon batches. In BeerSmith, I've created an equipment profile to estimate my pre-boil volume. Assuming 1 gallon evaporation per hour (I know ...
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Frying a Turkey in a Brew Kettle
Family wants me to fry a turkey in my 14 gallon brew kettle. I'm all for fried turkey but worried about lasting effects on my kettle. Anyone have experience with something like this? Also open to ...
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Do I need a ball valve on my brew kettle?
I am shopping for a brew kettle so I can upgrade to full volume boils. Many pots have ball valves.
I can think of two reasons to use a ball valve
Drain through it to avoid picking up the kettle to ...
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Is a 12quart pot sufficient for a 1/2 5gal boil?
I am just getting ready to do my first batch. I have all I need except a descent pot. I found a 12quart used stainless pot on Kijiji and was hoping it would be sufficient for half-boils of 5gal ...
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May be time for new kettle. Advantages of Stainless Steel?
I've had the same 10G aluminum BK since I started AG brewing, about 4 years and 70 batches. I recently left my copper IC in it for a few months and think I may have corroded the aluminum, so it may ...
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Permanent marking of volume in aluminium pot
This technique https://i.sstatic.net/O5arq.jpg, shows how is easy to do permanent markings in stainless steel pot. But what about aluminium ?
Does anyone know if it is possible (and safe) to use it ...
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Boil kettle from plastic fermentation bin
Can a plastic fermentation bin be modified with a heater element to make a strike-water heater or a boil-kettle?
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Food Grade Steel Drums
I'm thinking about buying some a HUGE Blue food grade steel drums, which is either painted or enameled.If I correctly modify them, will these be okay for FV, Mashing Tubs, Boil Kettle, Strike Boiler? ...
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Are exposed threads in a boil kettle a problem?
I'm currently putting together a new boil kettle, and am planning to use 1/2" NPT threaded fittings attached to a welded coupler. I've seen a lot of designs which have exposed threads and teflon tape ...
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power is cutting out on my (electric) boiler
I have an electrim mashing bin (the standard one of these) that I use as a boiler. This morning as I went to heat my liquor, the element started to cut out (water was around 60°C). When I left the ...
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How can I mount a water heater element to a GoldenGate keg?
I have what I think is a GoldenGate style keg. It's got a bunghole, a tapped hole on top and another near the base.
I want to mount a electric hot water heater element in the base hole.
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Screw dimensions for camco/reliance water heater element?
I'm planning to install a water heater element in my boiling kettle.
I have been looking at the Reliance and Camco elements but since neither is easy to get by in Finland I really need to go for a ...
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Stainless Steel Scrubber in Boil Screen to strain hops?
So I have a 6" boil screen in my kettle attached to my ball valve.
Now this doesn't strain that much hops out because of the larger holes in the screen so when I transfer it to my carboy I run it ...
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Electric brewing in UK or Ireland
I currently brew beer in my kitchen, but the mess, smells and dirty looks from my wife have taken some of the joy out of my brew day. I started looking into an electric brewing solution that would ...
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Process for transfereing from boil kettle to fermenter
At the moment the most frustrating part of my brewday is getting the cold wort into the fermenter. Here is my process. I have a 20 litre saucepan that i use as a kettle that does not have a tap. At ...
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Is it safe to use a chipped aluminum stock pot?
My 32 qt. aluminum stock pot was just delivered that I was planning to use this weekend. Taking it out of the box and inspecting it, there is a fairly sizable chip on the inside about 3/4 of the way ...
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What wattage element is needed for hot liquor tank/heat exchanger, and what about brew kettle?
I'm completely captivated by www.theelectricbrewery.com, love their directions, and have ordered the parts, so I'll have my experience soon, but what is your experience with selecting hot water heater ...
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