Simple and Effective

Review by Chris on 7/2/2020

Heats the water to the perfect sparging temp. That's all it does and all I want it to do. It wouldn't hurt to be able to connect a hose to the spigot, but that isn't enough to knock the rating down. I'm very happy overall as it saves me from babysitting a pot of water on the stove as well as the frustration when I forget about it until I see steam billowing out from under the lid.

Makes Sparging Easier

Review by CHUCK on 5/14/2020

The sparge water heater makes my all grain brewing a lot easier!

Rust Spots

Review by Chuck Mills on 12/21/2019

This unit works great except that after just two uses rust light rust spots appeared on the surface inside the pot. I assumed that the stainless steel with hold up better than that, very disappointed. I also think that a better spout option and larger capacity would be nice. William's Responds: The heater is made of 304 grade stainless, and will not rust. What you are seeing is small metal particles from manufacturing which can leave small rust dots if not cleaned off before first use. To remove these rust dots, scrub with a green scrubber sponge and they will not reappear.

Good but could be great

Review by Dave on 9/28/2019

its nice and convenient, but if it were 5 gallons instead of 4 you could use it more universally. Plus the nozzle is the type you expect from a coffee dispenser. I actually put the same type of ball valve the Brewer's edge mash and boil has on it, took about half an hour to do, but now I can sparge directly out of the unit, where with the original you had to put the water into a pitch and pour it, not really a show stopper, but with a better nozzle it becomes a much more useful unit.

Okay

Review by Jerry Jones on 10/15/2018

Why isn't there a locking connection on the spout? Seems to me this would strengthen your confidence when using it.