20 litre pot to do a full 23 litre brew?

[Godsdog]

still ivering and overing about having a go at all grain,so if I buy a 20 litre SS pot can I brew short with enough grain and then top up with water in the fv?any links on here about how to go about it? gotta give it a go before I curl up my toes:thumb:

 

[Fil]

If you do a partial mash and substitute some dme/sucrose sure,

for a full mash biab brew you may be able to push out somthing upto 4% abv when liquored back to 23l in the fv

but imho after a single brew in a small pot, with lots of mess due to boil and spalsh overs dont give yourself the grief and spend an extra tenner or so on at least a 33l pot or a 50l pot even would be best.. email the German ebay.fr sellers for an off ebay discounted price you can still pay via paypal for protection.. [email protected] (if my email addy is out of date search ebay.fr with "inox marmite 50l" to find sellers..)

 

[MyQul]

I do 24L of (OG 1.036) beer with a 15L pot when I'm not doing 5L stove toppers. You'll easy be able to do 23L in a 20L pot. I used to use a 18L pot and could do 23L of up to about 5%ABV.

Although Fil's advice is sound. Bigger is better (I cover my hob in tin foil and cut a hole for the gas ring, in case of boil overs)

 

[terrym]

Why not just brew smaller quantities governed by the size of the pot?
You aren't going to be much short of 23 litres given the pot size.

 

[Clint]

I bought 2 33 litre pots from malt miller. One with a tap and bazooka the other left as is for the hlt. Also a picnic cooler with bazooka mash tun.
Only used them once so far but everything went smoothly and was very easy.

 

[terrym]

I cover my hob in tin foil and cut a hole for the gas ring, in case of boil overs

That's the sort of practical advice that makes this forum really useful. :thumb:

 

[mmaguy41]

I used to do 23l batches with a 19l stock pot, after a few I switched to a plastic fv boiler because my hob wasn’t really up to it, and then eventually went with a mash tun and separate boiler

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Are you going gas or electric?

 

[Godsdog]

Are you going gas or electric?

Well I'm thinking we have a large centre burner (5 inch gas ) which is a wok burner on the gas hob but ideally would prefer a magnetic SS in case I get an induction hob eventually

 

[Clint]

My wok burner just about copes..I bring to the boil with the lid on to keep the heat in then remove. The boil is only gentle though. I did have it half over the back burner as well to see if that's quicker...it is! The inkbird bbq thermometer registered 100°c so it's OK.

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Well I'm thinking we have a large centre burner (5 inch gas ) which is a wok burner on the gas hob but ideally would prefer a magnetic SS in case I get an induction hob eventually

Cant you brew outside on Propane?
Its very messy brewing inside on a domestic hob.
Much easier to brew outside with a gas burner.
Come over and Ill show you how easy it is.

 

[Godsdog]

Cant you brew outside on Propane?
Its very messy brewing inside on a domestic hob.
Much easier to brew outside with a gas burner.
Come over and Ill show you how easy it is.

Not got a garage or outhouse johnny and with the winds in this country it would be a disaster

 

[Clint]

With my new kit I made next to zero mess brewing in the kitchen. There was a bit of splashing from rinsing my tun out so I chuck a towel on the floor and wipe as you go. Plus a 10p size drop of wort on the stove!
You just have to plan it to death and make sure those taps are closed before you start filling up!