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New Pot

Post by GAM » Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:57 pm

New pot, bazooka and valve.
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Thin wall is harder to drill so I dremeled it out and it works.

Heats a lot faster than the keggel.

I should be brewing.

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Re: New Pot

Post by GuingesRock » Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:21 pm

How many gallons is that Sandy? looks exciting. I forgot to put the bazooka in my BIAB pot at the weekend and it drained just fine (I drain rather than pulling the bag)
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Re: New Pot

Post by jtmwhyte » Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:31 pm

Is this the one you got from Dave? If so I'm very in when he gets more

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Re: New Pot

Post by GAM » Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:40 pm

20 +/- 80l.

I don't have a bazooka in my kegel an it may not stay in this pot.

I have been pulling the bag in the keg, that may not work for this size.

Yes its almost all from Dave. Ball Valve and Bazooka I had on hand.

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Re: New Pot

Post by GuingesRock » Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:47 pm

I used to pull 28lb grain bills, I was worried the bag might break so I had two bags and double bagged. Heavy. Some run a rope over a beam or through an overhead pully on the ceiling or on a 2x6 straddled between two step ladders.
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Re: New Pot

Post by Maritimer » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:49 pm

Looks good Sandy, do you think a step bit would drill that pot?
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Re: New Pot

Post by GAM » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:55 pm

I used a 1/8" pilot and then a step bit mine was 1/16 too small.

The 1/8 was a pain. I "marked" it with a punch and drilled for a long time. The step was a breeze and the drem was noisy but OK.

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Re: New Pot

Post by LeafMan66_67 » Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:33 pm

Looks good. How does the wall of the pot hold up when you move the ball valve? I may be in the market for a new pot after the summer - keggle, due to its shape and distance from burner isn't the most efficient brewing tool. Pot should be quicker to heat.

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Re: New Pot

Post by Broob » Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:46 pm

That's a big pot. I've got a 10 gallon and it looks huge, that one must be ridiculous. Mine is stainless steel but does anybody use aluminum? I've read a bit about off flavours and things of that sort but apparently people use them anyway.
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Re: New Pot

Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:55 pm

I've got a 12.5 gal aluminum kettle, as do a number of other here, been using it for a couple years with not an issue
planning: beer for my cousin's wedding
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Kegged: barrel barleywine from 2014 - i think i still have this somewhere

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Re: New Pot

Post by jtmwhyte » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:04 pm

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:I've got a 12.5 gal aluminum kettle, as do a number of other here, been using it for a couple years with not an issue
I also have an aluminum pot. Works great

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Re: New Pot

Post by Broob » Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:12 pm

That's good to know. Can't always believe what you read.
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Re: New Pot

Post by mattvincent24 » Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:27 pm

I have an aluminum kettle and mash tun. Got them at cash and carry. I think they are 70l.

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