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Offline flbrewer

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Extra Kettle
« on: February 16, 2015, 02:04:29 pm »
I was going to give away an extra 10 gallon kettle I had lying around to someone local but wanted to make sure I don't need it in the future.

I currently brew all grain with a different 10 gallon kettle and a rubbermaid mash tun. I also have a separate 10 gallon brew pot that just sat there on my last brew because I used a bucket and the other two pieces of equipment.

Can you think of any reason I would need an additional 10 gallon kettle?

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Re: Extra Kettle
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 02:28:05 pm »
I was going to give away an extra 10 gallon kettle I had lying around to someone local but wanted to make sure I don't need it in the future.

I currently brew all grain with a different 10 gallon kettle and a rubbermaid mash tun. I also have a separate 10 gallon brew pot that just sat there on my last brew because I used a bucket and the other two pieces of equipment.

Can you think of any reason I would need an additional 10 gallon kettle?

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Offline Frankenbrew

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Re: Extra Kettle
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2015, 03:15:23 pm »
You never know. I'd hang on to it. If you give it away--which is a nice gesture--you'll be looking around, scratching your head, saying, where did I put that thing.

On the other hand, if you can use it to turn a friend on to brewing, you'll be making the world a little better.
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Re: Extra Kettle
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2015, 04:50:31 pm »
Sometimes I use another kettle for decoction mashes. 
I've used a second boil kettle to boil down first runnings while still collecting the wort in the main kettle.
I collected too much wort once and boiled it down in two pots to save time.
You may want to brew one day and have a low country boil at the same time.
Just typing out loud......
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Offline coolman26

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Re: Extra Kettle
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2015, 08:21:08 pm »
I almost got rid of mine.  It is now my grant/hopback/small batch kettle.  Keep it IMO
Jeff B