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I have a two-stage fermentation kit with a bottling bucket and some other miscellaneous parts. I'm wanting to make the transition from kit beers to all grain beers, and I'm thinking of picking up the following:
1. Rubbermaid 10 Gallon Cooler for a mash tun ($45)
2. Parts to convert #1 ($10)
3. 12" Phil's Phalse Bottom for #1 ($25)
4. Heavy Duty 15 Gallon Brew Kettle with Ball Valve ($250)
5. Burner ($100)
6. Wort Chiller ($70)
I plan on batch sparging to begin with, and I'm thinking of the ball valve kettle for when I eventually move to a more expensive wort chiller. I can't seem to find a 15 gallon stainless steel kettle that will fit on my stove - if I could, I would ditch the burner and the ball valve kettle and save some money.
Aside from tubing, is there anything I am missing here, or am I going overboard in some way? The plan is to use the cooler as the mash tun, batch sparge it, and use the wort chiller to cool the wort in the kettle. Eventually I would get a pump and use the pump to vorlauf and to suction the wort through a plate wort chiller. I figure those parts are investments on down the road.
1. Rubbermaid 10 Gallon Cooler for a mash tun ($45)
2. Parts to convert #1 ($10)
3. 12" Phil's Phalse Bottom for #1 ($25)
4. Heavy Duty 15 Gallon Brew Kettle with Ball Valve ($250)
5. Burner ($100)
6. Wort Chiller ($70)
I plan on batch sparging to begin with, and I'm thinking of the ball valve kettle for when I eventually move to a more expensive wort chiller. I can't seem to find a 15 gallon stainless steel kettle that will fit on my stove - if I could, I would ditch the burner and the ball valve kettle and save some money.
Aside from tubing, is there anything I am missing here, or am I going overboard in some way? The plan is to use the cooler as the mash tun, batch sparge it, and use the wort chiller to cool the wort in the kettle. Eventually I would get a pump and use the pump to vorlauf and to suction the wort through a plate wort chiller. I figure those parts are investments on down the road.