my first boiler!!!

[rickthebrew]

looking to go from kits to AG in the very near future - so thought i`d see if freecycle could help me do it on the cheap!! :party:

so a few weeks ago put a want on for a boiler/tea urn - thought it was worth a go before investing in probably a plastic boiler first (really like the shiny Burco boiler though!! :) )

so heard nothing - thought i`d try again and got lucky!!!!

it`s not very pretty but it`s gonna work a treat:

 

[rickthebrew]

it holds around 45 litres safely - gave it a scrub and turned it on with 30 litres of cold water in,
took around 45mins to reach 75degrees - and just over an hour ten minutes to come to a rolling sustained boil!

 

[ni9e]

Nice freecycle well done :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

there is a screw on plate with holes that goes over the element - i hope to do 60pint brews in her!!
just goes to show what you can get for nothing - i am so pleased with this and can`t wait to start my first AG - just need to make my mash tun then ready to go!!! :twisted:

 

[rickthebrew]

here`s the plate that fits over the element - hopefully i can fit a hop strainer to this and when i run my sparge water off i`ll boil my wort and hops in the back garden - might even buy a wort chiller with the money i saved with this find!!!

 

[rickthebrew]

wrong pic - thats the exposed element - needs a descale:

heres the cover!!

 

[Moley]

Result! :thumb:

I'm not jealous at all :mrgreen:

 

[Muddydisco]

Nice find :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

just got to choose my first AG recipe!

 

[llannige]

Good old freecycle :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

Nice find :party:

 

[shaunsbrew]

i cannot beleave my luck, after seeing the pic on this thread, it jogged my memory to when i moved into my house a few years back and found this in the loft

 

[rickthebrew]

wow :clap:

you just need a mash tun and you can start AG brewing!!! I`m just waiting for my cool box to be delivered so i can convert it and do my first Ag brew!!! Yours looks a bit shinier then mine!!! :

 

[Vossy1]

Lucky bugger shaun :party:

 

[shaunsbrew]

yeah the element had no scale on at all dont think its ever been used :grin: gonna do me mash tun soon then im on for a brew of buzzbee ale or other type of honey beer any ideas

 

[Muddydisco]

Eskimobob's Buzzbee Bitter out of the reicpes above Is bloody lovely!! I made 25 ltr and it went with 2 weeks after maturing!

 

[ricardo]

I'm gonna post on my local freecycle for one of these.......then flog it to you b*ggers on here !!!!!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Vossy1]

:lol: