New Brewery Pots

[brewtrekker]

These are my first two 75 liter pots for my new single tier HERMs brewery build. One more is inbound. More photos to come.

 

[Crouch]

Wow, nice pots ... where did you pick those up from? The look very similar to the ones from Core Brewing Concept.

 

[brewtrekker]

They are probably made at the same shop in China but I drug these in from the States so I saved about 40 percent in price from a local supplier.

 

[Crouch]

Yeah, its like that ... used to drive me nuts when I had my retail shop (different industry) that people could bring stuff in cheaper then I could buy it wholesale sometimes.

Any wall, what are the width/height of those pots - I've been looking for something narrow and tall but can't find anything. My boil-off rate on my current BK is INSANE and I figure its due to the width of the pot ... could also be due to the element (5500w) running constantly without any temperature control during a 60 min boil. Need to hook up the PID's I have and test it properly.

Cheers

 

[brewtrekker]

Yep Crouch these tanks are very tall about 27 inches and the bases are about 15 inches in diameter

 

[gava]

Yeah, its like that ... used to drive me nuts when I had my retail shop (different industry) that people could bring stuff in cheaper then I could buy it wholesale sometimes.

Any wall, what are the width/height of those pots - I've been looking for something narrow and tall but can't find anything. My boil-off rate on my current BK is INSANE and I figure its due to the width of the pot ... could also be due to the element (5500w) running constantly without any temperature control during a 60 min boil. Need to hook up the PID's I have and test it properly.

Cheers

I've got a PID on my Boil Kettle which works great, although if you've got a 5500watt element in yours I'd suggest you get a PID which can be manually set instead of setting a temp of 100c+ (boil) it could boil this crap out of it. I've got my PID on my boil kettle to be set on 97% which will cylce and keep a nice rolling boil. (im using 4400watt element)

-Gav

 

[brewtrekker]

Has anyone seen these for sale now on ebay from the Manemporium?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Boil-Kettle-74lt-Home-brew-vessel-Tri-Clover-Whirlpool-Inlet-Sight-Glass-/171246163299?pt=AU_Barware&hash=item27df111563&_uhb=1

They look nice and are similiar to the ones I have but the tangical outlet sits way high! Mine are just about 2-inchs apart in height that is. However my main outlet is a bottom drain instead of a side so my pots sit about 8 inches higher. Just funny these things are popping up all over. Still glad I dragged my in. As I saved about 1000 bucks all up even with FedExing one of them.

 

[doon]

I think gava might have seen them

 

[gava]

Yeah I've seen them, Awesome guys work at that shop

Brewtrekker : What are you ordering? what is your delivery times? paying duty? I'm very surprised how your ordering from the states and saving so much?

Gavin

 

[brewtrekker]

Stout Tanks Portland Oregon. I didnt have then delivered I hand carried two of them. The other cost me 200 usd fedex. I should explain I work for the airline as a licensed engineer.

 

[gava]

Stout Tanks Portland Oregon. I didnt have then delivered I hand carried two of them. The other cost me 200 usd fedex. I should explain I work for the airline as a licensed engineer.

That makes more sense....

Yes probably should have explained that I was running the numbers on ours to double check..

Gav

 

[brewtrekker]

Hey Gava thanks for the PID and probe I will probably buy multiple others. The probes fit my thermowells on my tanks perfectly !