AleForce1
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I received my Bru Gear 20G kettle last week after waiting months for the Kickstarter campaign to reach fulfillmenthttp://https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2055692701/bru-gear-stainless-steel-brewing-kettles-and-ferme/comments .
Pluses: The kettle is sturdy, has Tri-Clover ports and has the capability of using induction (I have tried this out and works fine).
Minuses: Unfortunately I think Bru Gear is too focused on selling equipment to craft breweries to worry about it's homebrewer customers. Until BruGear gets someone interested in Quality Control I cannot recommend them.
There are several Kickstarter backers who had issues with their equipment, but my main issue was due to the false bottom being shipped inside the kettle. My kettle has a good sized scratch/gouge on the bottom of it. I tried sharing this with BruGear but have gotten no response, although they have seen it according to Facebook. There are scratches along the inside of the kettle as well due to the installation of the false bottom.
Pluses: The kettle is sturdy, has Tri-Clover ports and has the capability of using induction (I have tried this out and works fine).
Minuses: Unfortunately I think Bru Gear is too focused on selling equipment to craft breweries to worry about it's homebrewer customers. Until BruGear gets someone interested in Quality Control I cannot recommend them.
There are several Kickstarter backers who had issues with their equipment, but my main issue was due to the false bottom being shipped inside the kettle. My kettle has a good sized scratch/gouge on the bottom of it. I tried sharing this with BruGear but have gotten no response, although they have seen it according to Facebook. There are scratches along the inside of the kettle as well due to the installation of the false bottom.