Stock pot

[gibbiem]

Hi, can anyone recommend a cheap place to get a stock pot? Moving to AG so want something a bit bigger than 5 gallon, maybe about 30 litres. The malt Miller has one for 54, anyone know of anywhere cheaper? Thanks

[cqout]

Hi

I think that is a good price
You can buy a pot from the likes of mr lard from the homebrewbuilder or angel homebrew or the malt miller

All of these people sell quality items which are all tried and tested and I would recommend any of them

Beware cheaper is not normally better and it is worth spending a few pounds extra now than a lot more later because the original was not good enough

Good luck with your build

Chris

[Pinto]

Sadly not - Bergland in Germany used to be the people for cheap stock pots but they stopped international postage a few weeks ago. For the moment, we're stuck with the high prices but rumor has it other players might be moving into the market at some point in the future. Its always worth supporting local suppliers like Mr Lard or Rob at MM tho

For now, it's suck up the prices, or hope for a lucky snag on ebay or a shop somewhere. Also, as long as you aren't a shiny shiny buff, consider aluminium pots (and forget about all the rubbish tying it to alzheimers - its hokum !)

[gibbiem]

Cheers fellas, good points. Think I'll go with the malt Miller, it's right that we should support these guys instead of dodgy people on eBay!

I was thinking of putting a ball valve on the boiler too in order to get the wort to FV, is this recommended as it won't really areate via a tap? Seems like the most sensible way to get it all in to FV though. Currently I have a 10 litre pot for using kits and even that's a pain in the arse to sieve the hops and pour in to FV!

Also, would garden hose do to take wort from mash tun to boiler? I got a ball valve and added a piece which allows the attachment of a garden hose thingy... Ha ha

[GrowlingDogBeer]

Definitely worth having a tap and hop filter. Makes life a lot easier. Hose gets very soft when hot and kinks and collapses so is pretty useless. You would be better off getting some of the silicon hose the the Malt Miller sells as well.

[Pinto]

Definitely worth having a tap and hop filter. Makes life a lot easier. Hose gets very soft when hot and kinks and collapses so is pretty useless. You would be better off getting some of the silicon hose the the Malt Miller sells as well.

+1

only use pvc or garden hose on the hotside if you enjoy the tang of pthalates and other plasticisers in your finished beer....

Even if you go for silicone, make sure its food grade or platinum cured stuff.

[gibbiem]

Got some bits today to make the manifold for the MT. Does everyone just dry fit the copper fittings? I was told not to use York fittings, the ones with solder in so does that mean no solder full stop? It'll fall to bits if just left dry fitted together

[gibbiem]

Also, does everyone use a wort chiller or can you let it cool on its own without any issues? Cheers

[oakwell]

go for end feed fittings (no solder) and just push them together. easy to take apart and clean. chilling the wort quickly is good practice although probably not essential.

[Pinto]

Dry fitted copper is fine - you want to be able to pull the thing apart for cleaning. As to cooling, there are several options - look up threads in immersion chillers, counterflow chillers or intercoolers.

If you dont want to do any chilling, look into "no-chill cubes"

[gibbiem]

go for end feed fittings (no solder) and just push them together. easy to take apart and clean. chilling the wort quickly is good practice although probably not essential.

Yeah that's what I got but it's all very loose like it would easily come apart when water and grain are added

[Pinto]

If you're worried, get a large pair of pliers or grips and give the joints a gentle squeeze - the object being to "oval" the fitting slightly - it'll then grip tightly together without being soldered.

[gibbiem]

If you're worried, get a large pair of pliers or grips and give the joints a gentle squeeze - the object being to "oval" the fitting slightly - it'll then grip tightly together without being soldered.

Genius

[Fil]

or wrap the male ends of joints with ptfe tape so u get a good snug tight fit.