Looking for cheap all grain equipment

[baddog28]

So far i have only been able to do extract with specialty grains looking to move up if you have anything you are willing to part with let me know
Thanks

[fergmeister]

Start looking for sanke kegs, coolers (10 gal), turkey friers, and bed frames or angle iron. Be thinking of what your setup is going to look like and accomplish. The junk yard is a good resource for many items. Several of us cut and weld.
Chuck

[cyburai]

I will be posting some stuff up this weekend. HLT, Mashtun, and Boilkettle. And some other stuff. I just haven't got around to it.

Keep an eye out.

[Rugger1978]

Equipment can be expensive and I'm frugal with what I purchase. I decided on the pots to buy high quality thick aluminum pots and buy weldless fightings from places like morebeer. If you're building a setup to do 10 gallon batches (if you're spending the time and money, might as well make the setup a 10 gallon or 15 gallon as it's not that much more expensive and it allows room for expansion) then you're want a 15 gallon pot such as:

http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Res ... -Pot167556

You might notice that some pots of same size are cheaper ant that's due to being thinner walled. You want thick aluminum. Notice it's 6 mm thick which makes for great heat distribution, dent resistant, and overall life longevity. Funny thing, notice for $6.00 more, you can go to the 20 gallon:

http://www.waresdirect.com/products/Res ... -Pot167558

So as you can see building a rig to accomadate potential expansion is cheap if you do it from the get go. Now you will find some who swear by stainless steel, but the price you pay for a little shiner looking equipment is not worth it. That thick grade alumininum will last forever.

For the weldless stuff, pick up spigot next time you order an extract kit from morebeer and you'll get free shipping:

http://morebeer.com/view_product/19793/ ... _Stainless

Let me know if you have any more questions. I just got done building a pretty large all-grain setup and might be able to save you a lot of time on research and price shopping since I just did all of that myself.

Cheers!

[Rugger1978]

Oh I also forgot to mention. If you're not wanting to mess with all the leg work, drilling and so forth a guy on ebay puts pots together using the heavy grade aluminum and they are actually decently priced for what you get. You could probably buy all the pieces and build it yourself for $40.00 cheaper, but if you're time is worth more to you then that then here is the guy I have used for my orginal 10 gallon pot that I have used for extract brewing for almost a year now and have been very happy with.

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Gallon-Hot-Liquo ... 19c3db8038