anyone have a spare 5 gallon pot?

[CorneliusAlphonse]

I'm currently doing stovetop brewing, and having a five gallon pot would add nicely to my 4 gallon - I could then do a full boil split between two pots... and be only a chiller and MLT from doing all grain!

so if anyone has a spare 5 gallon pot they could sell me, I'd be interested. Canadian tire has one for $40.. I'll probably get one of them if noone here has one they're looking to get rid of.

[moxie]

CT actually has a full turkey fryer set up for an extra $30, including a 7.5 gallon aluminum pot and a propane burner. It might be worth it to you to make the investment, you an easily do a full boil in that kettle.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/2 ... ?locale=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm not sure if that one has the auto shut off or not, the more expensive one with the 36 pot DOES have an auto shut-off.

[jason.loxton]

I have a 48 l aluminum from Rona. It cost about $60, I think. It is short and wide, and so fits over two burners at the same time. (I was using it on a propane burner, but found that stove top doesn't take any more time, and power is free with my place.) The result is that you can quite easily reach/maintain boiling, and avoid the hassle of splitting or staggering batches (and also loss less wort to trub, lower risk of contamination, etc.). Here's the pot I have: http://rona.ca/shop/~barbecue-stock-pot ... brId=10602" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; They had a deal for it and the burner for $100 or something when I got it.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

hmm.. that 48 Litre pot is tempting.. I could use my other pot as hlt. I might be taking a trip out to bayers lake in the next few days.

i don't want the standard turkey fryer pot because it'll only fit over one burner, and it's slow enough getting my 3 gallon mini mash up to boil on one burner

[jason.loxton]

I think I would tend towards big. The 7.5 gallon could do you a 5 gallon batch (maybe 5.5 G in a pinch), which means you could ferment in a carboy and have the perfect size for a keg. But, the same amount of work can yield two kegs, and you are going to want that capacity eventually. If you can't afford everything at once, the pot I use isn't a bad bet, as you can do full 8-10 gallon batches (10 is a stretch, but doable, even on 90 minute boils, if you hold back a bit of wort to add later in the boil) on your stove to start, and then add a burner and tank later. (That said, especially if you already have a propane tank, buying some of the cheap kegs that have been floating around and just using one as a no frills pot--no drain, thermometer, false bottom, etc.--would be pretty darn cheap. You can get a burner for ~$50, kegs pop up for $20-30, and someone on here can probably help you with the cut. The only reason I am not going the keggle route is that I need to have my pot in the kitchen to chill any way (I don't have an outdoor tap), so it is just as easy to boil on the stove using the two burner method.)

[CorneliusAlphonse]

that's good to hear about the batch size - I'm okay with 5 gallon for now, but I'm sure I'll want to do 10 in the future. for at least the next year, though, I'd like to keep brewing on the stovetop - I don't have any full-size propane tanks, nor an outdoor tap, so stovetop makes sense.

[jason.loxton]

Fair enough. The other thing is that for the step up to 10 gallon you'll need a chiller of some kind. It's a bit of investment (but 10 G pays off in time saved).