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Aluminum Brew Pot?

jakeaylward wrote:

I also have an aluminum turkey fryer, new in the box.  From reading the posts on this thread, don't use anything rough to clean the pot.  What about before using it the first time?  Boil several patches of water?  Anything special?  Thanks.

I did nothing special.  Just some hot water from the tap, and tiny little drop of dish detergent to wash away some dust from the box.  I rinsed three times, and started brewing.  I have had no ill effects.  Although, the bottom is now blackened, I still think it's okay to brew with.  I'm moving to a 60qt SS pot for the next brew session....

 

brewchez wrote:

But a drain at the base of the kettle would pull all your break and hop material into the fermentor, or worse, clog the valve.

Maybe if you could somehow build a small snorkle tha sat an couple inches above the trub "cake", you could get away with this. I thought about the same thing as potentially a poor mans "conical".

I' ve only used my aluminum fryer once so far, but the drain valve on mine is about an inch or so above the bottom of the kettle, so most of the break material stayed at the bottom.

 

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