Help with kettle size please
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:01 am
by Chris_J
Well I might be able to snag an 80 quart stock pot on the cheap but before I do I want to consult you guys about something. I have the super efficient immersion chiller that b3 sells and I'm a little worried if it's too small for this pot. I'd be doing 7 gallons boils to end up with roughly 5 gallons of finished product (after trub and loss while transferring). The pot is 17" deep and 20" wide. Will the coils be submerged if I stick my IC in there with around 6 gallons of wort in there? Yeah I know 80 quarts is overkill but whatever, I'll have the option of doing 10gal batches and this thing is CHEAP. Thanks for the help.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:05 am
by bub
buy it, you can kinda "squish" the IC down a bit if you need to submerge it better.
BUB
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:34 am
by Chris_J
bub wrote:buy it
BUB
Thanks boob, just what I wanted to hear.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:16 pm
by J.Brew
I'm with Bub..I would NEVER pass up the golden opportuntity to pick up a 80 quart brewing beauty!! What a goody!! I'm sure you'll find a way to make it work...I would.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:16 pm
by ZZ
Sounds like 10 gallon batches are in your future!!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:47 pm
by keggermeister
get it
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:44 am
by Chris_J
Well unfortunately as ebay will be ebay, the price rose out of my price range before the end of the auction. It's still a great deal but I wasn't willing to spend that much on it. But there's light at the end of the tunnel, the reason I couldn't afford the kettle at its current price is because I'm buying some sacks of grain. So it's not all bad
