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I purchased this as a brew kettle. The value of this kettle is well worth what it costs, just look around at similar 15 gallon kettles, you will find most are twice the price or more. With a brewmometer, a bazooka tube and a 1/2" ball valve, walla, brew kettle! The construction is of heavy gauge stainless and the lid is as well. Handles are riveted on each side with 4 rivets, haven't filled this with water but they may be potential seepers like I have read about in other reviews of brew pots. Not a big deal as I would need to have over 12 gallons of liquid in there to even get close to the rivets and I brew mainly 5 gallon batches. Last but not least and the reason I dinged the review a star and only gave it 4 stars is because the lid had some damages to the inside, gouging that looks almost like it happened during the forming of the lid. So minus one star for cosmetic issues and I assume this is why this pot was such a great deal, the only time I would even use the lid is if I was boiling water for the mash tun. At 90$ you would be hard pressed to find a 15 gallon stainless pot of this quality any where else.
As a side note, anyone purchasing this pot for a brew kettle and needing to drill the 7/8" holes should be aware of the fact that the neiko titanium step drill did not work too hot for me. I paid 17$ for that and ended up having to go to the local hardware store to purchase an Irwin step drill for 50$, ouch! The Neiko bit would work fine for thinner gauge metals but for this particular application I would recommend a higher quality bit, unless you are only needing to drill 1 hole at low speeds with lots of lubrication.
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I got the pot to do home brewing and wanted something I could do 10 gallon batches in. I've done two batches in the pot so far and I must say it has worked like a champ, it has good capacity and cleans up well. No ball valve or temp gauge, but if you're handy, you can add yourself and save some cash.
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