Bucket rather than boiling pot?

[loverlovell-08]

Hey guys! I've just found a galvanised steel bucket from homebase for £6.99 and i was wondering if i could use this instead of a brewing pot to intially boil the hops and malt extract in? it sounds a little daft but it would save me money! heres the link for the bucket, would this withstand boiling on the gas stove would reckon? http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wc...ategory_root|Furniture+and+Homewares|16849245

Any advice grteatly appreciated!

 

[31bb3]

Not sure if galvenised is safe for boiling in may affect the brew

 

[unclepumble]

I would not reccomend galvanised steel at all, Stainless copper or plastic do not use galvanised.


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[loverlovell-08]

thanks for the advice, was not sure if galvanised was a good idea or not - glad i checked! can anyone recommend a cheap place to get a brew pot from? everywhere i've seen them have been 20 quid and up.

 

[unclepumble]

£20 for a 5 gal Stainless steel pot is cheap,

You could allways use an aluminium pan, try Makro, or fleabay.


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[loverlovell-08]

Would it be easier/any better to forget the boiling pot idea and just go with converting a fermenting bin into a boiler? my dad is rather handy so he offered to do so, im just in the dark about how exactly to go about building a plastic boiler?

 

[tubby_shaw]

There are a few threads about showing how to build a boiler, there is one from HERE

 

[snail59]

Please forgive me but dont people use the large Burco's like this one. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0387579073 and are they not Galvernised???. Please correct me if im wrong as I was thinking of getting one to use as a boiler when I start AG brewing.

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Ha HaHa :whistle: just had another look at that and its got a stainless inner DOH

 

[Tony]

Galvanized as in Zinc?

Don't use it!