Newbie Equipment Question

[Lauren McDonald]

Hi,

So I’ve just bought some equipment and looking forward to my first brew day (hopefully next week).

Done a lot of research and feel relatively ready to start but just want to check something about my new equipment.

So I have a mash tun, a stock pot and what I assumed was a HLT to begin with - but, as pictured, it has a false bottom, plus an insulated outside - is this also a kettle do you think? I was going to just use it for heating sparge water but now I’m unsure if that’s what it’s meant for. Any advice would be welcome!

Cheers

 

[cushyno]

Yep, looks like you have yourself an electric boil kettle there. I assume you're aiming for a three pot system and would be using the stockpot as your HLT (heating water on gas?), then mashing in the coolbox before doing your boil in the electric kettle.

I suppose you could also use electric for your HLT and use the stockpot as for boiling, but it would be a shame to waste the false bottom and two elements in that kettle will be great for bringing the wort to a boil.

Welcome to the forum too!

 

[Lauren McDonald]

Thank you - That’s really helpful, I was pretty confused after I got it home! I will use the stockpot as the HLT, you’re right, it would be a waste not to make proper use of the boiler. And thanks for the welcome - really looking to forward to getting into it all.