Recent content by willatkinson

Oh, cool. Good luck with the brew rig!

Here is a good cheap stainless steel pot... Use coupon code: hbtwebsite to get 10% off. I'm not fond of aluminum, but that's a never ending debate. Plus, oxidation is ugly.

I was wondering that too. Vishnu?

Stir it. You will not have a problem.

Bargainfittings.net fo' sho'!

I originally considered doing this, but after tons of research... decided against it. Talk to Lonnie (alenuts.com) VIA email... or on these forums. He has tried this every which way, and can give you good advise on it. Here is a link to the Brutus 20 - http://www.alenuts.com/Alenuts/brutus20.html

Yeah, you could install an element that will work way cheaper than that. Also, that doesn't look like much wattage, so I'm not sure how big of a batch you could do. I couldn't find the info on that site. Personally, I'd just install an element in it. I like this guys setup...

Respect!

$99, ouch.

Sold. Thanks.

Good call Hermit!

On/Off works fine. I just plugged/unplugged.

Didn't sell on eBay. Lowered price to $250.

If you wake up and eat chromium and nickel for breakfast, maybe. However, small amounts of nickel are NOT poisonous (unless you have an allergy). We, on average, consume up to 250 micrograms of nickel a day. Brewing beer (even with it's acidity) doesn't even come close to that. Chromium...

I would never use plastic for my beer. Every year they find some new chemical leaching into our foods from it, and they aren't "fads", they are poison. There are no problems with stainless steel, so I will always go with that.