Glossary
Kettle
The vessel in which wort is boiled with hops. Still called the copper in British breweries, long after copper stopped being the usual material.
Also called copper, brew kettle, boil kettle.
Related
- The boil — What happens in it.
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Last reviewed 2026-08-16.