Recent content by AJIsaaks

Thanks @Dutto , I tried again with a magnet after reading your comment because I thought 'maybe it's only magnetic towards the centre', and in fact it is - albeit very slightly. I can get a magnet to pull itself towards the pot but it's not particularly strong (but maybe it doesn't need to be)...

Thanks everyone. Unfortunately disaster yesterday evening as I discovered my new pot is not magnetic and therefore will not work with an induction hob! Never mind... If there’s such a thing as a plug in kettle element that I can hang over the side then let me know! Adam

I'm humbled by everyone's responses so thank you. @terrym , I've read your guide and it sounds a lot like what I've done with my kit brew. I think it's classed as a kit brew but I'll roughly outline what I did and would appreciate if anyone could let me know what kind of brewing this is...

Hi Leon, The kit instructions specifically asks to boil the wort. I can't recall the exact wording but after steeping the grains, I had to bring the wort to boil, boil for an hour, and add the hops and malt at various times (during that hour). Maybe this is not classed as a 'kit'...? Thanks...

Thank you so much everyone, and thank you to whoever moved this post to the right place (accidentally posted it in the 'welcome' forum!) I'm pretty sure it's stainless steel and had an induction symbol on the side when I bought it - I'll stick a magnet to the bottom when I get home this evening...

Good morning everyone, I am very very new to brewing - it has something I have been interested in doing for some time now and for Christmas I received a brewing starter kit and brewed my first 1 US gallon batch over the weekend. I had bought a 10L cooking pot to brew the wort in on my electric...