Comments on: New Arrivals http://alexdippel.com/brews/new-arrivals/ relax, don't worry, I'm just homebrewing Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:37:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: platypotamus http://alexdippel.com/brews/new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-5 platypotamus Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:35:20 +0000 http://alexdippel.com/brews/?p=51#comment-5 No burner just yet. I'm fairly certain that my stove top will be able to boil the water just fine, plus it looks like the 10gal megapot will straddle two burners at once. At the outset, this kettle will definitely be overkill, but I figure when/if I do make the transition to outdoors, it should be prefect for a propane burner, too. The chiller was necessary since I went with the massive kettle. That's awesome about the free altitude help - does that interfere with the boil at all? No burner just yet. I’m fairly certain that my stove top will be able to boil the water just fine, plus it looks like the 10gal megapot will straddle two burners at once. At the outset, this kettle will definitely be overkill, but I figure when/if I do make the transition to outdoors, it should be prefect for a propane burner, too.

The chiller was necessary since I went with the massive kettle. That’s awesome about the free altitude help – does that interfere with the boil at all?

]]> By: danielOut http://alexdippel.com/brews/new-arrivals/comment-page-1/#comment-4 danielOut Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:20:44 +0000 http://alexdippel.com/brews/?p=51#comment-4 You're making me drool over the 10 gallon kettle. Did you get a burner as well, or are you going to rock the 10 gallon on the stove? Since (so far) I'm just doing stove-top, I went cheap and easy and grabbed a 5 gallon stockpot as my brew kettle. So far it has worked pretty well, and I can do 4 gallons of water without boiling over. Still, I'm really envious of your wort chiller as well. Apparently bending the copper pipe is a real pain, so my idea of making my own is out the window. They aren't all that expensive, really, so I should just suck it up. As it is, I'm chilling the wort in a sink of icewater and dropping from 200 to 75 in about 20 minutes. Thank goodness for Denver's altitude, as it gives me about 20 degrees for free! You’re making me drool over the 10 gallon kettle. Did you get a burner as well, or are you going to rock the 10 gallon on the stove? Since (so far) I’m just doing stove-top, I went cheap and easy and grabbed a 5 gallon stockpot as my brew kettle. So far it has worked pretty well, and I can do 4 gallons of water without boiling over.
Still, I’m really envious of your wort chiller as well. Apparently bending the copper pipe is a real pain, so my idea of making my own is out the window. They aren’t all that expensive, really, so I should just suck it up. As it is, I’m chilling the wort in a sink of icewater and dropping from 200 to 75 in about 20 minutes. Thank goodness for Denver’s altitude, as it gives me about 20 degrees for free!

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