the 55g Blichmann Boilermaker kettles

I got the Blichmann Engineering kettles back in September or so of 2009, and I was so happy to be getting started on the project.  Blichmann is very well known in the homebrewing community and has been making products suitable for small brewpubs and nanobreweries for quite a while.  My sensei Todd (the student has now become the masta) couldn't resist getting inside one.  And I couldn't resist modifying the kettles, so at some point I'll post some pics of them with a couple extra holes in each and sanitary butt weld ferules for tri-clamp fittings welded on.

According to Blichmann's Boilermaker page, one of these 55g kettles will hold between 75 and 135 lbs of grain for a mash, depending on your chosen liquor to grist ratio, will recirculate at up to 2.25 gpm and has a recommended lauter rate of .5 gpm.  I can't wait to put 'em through some tests to confirm!