what are the most popular shiny sizes and heating options

[Titch]

as topic

as a few people ask and im drooling

what are the most popular combinations?
and popular heating methods

also do people go all electric or all gas or a combination of the two

i think ive got the combinations right
if not please advise i can change them

thanks chaps might helps a few of us looking

im thinking 50l setup with electric for hlt and gas for boiler

 

[Runwell-Steve]

I answered, I'm a 70, 70, 50 man with a leccy HLT and Gas boiler.

I very nearly went the 50 Litre boiler route until I thought about it longer.

I want to brew enough to fill 2 Cornies, when I did the maths I worked out a 50 Litre boiler just wouldn't be big enough, so went 70 instead. I'm very glad I did, but now I want to fill 3 cornies so may have to go up to 100 soon. :)

 

[Vossy1]

This was a bit awkward :lol:

I used to use 70ltr pots for HLT/copper and a 50ltr non thermos for a mash tun.
Now I have 100 & 50ltr coppers, 100ltr hlt and a 80ltr thermos tun.
The only thing that's universal is it's all electric.

God help us when Aleman posts :whistle: :rofl: :mrgreen:

 

[pjbiker]

I went 70/50/70 electric. I'm actually 70/38.5/70 but the former would have been more suitable really.

 

[Mark1964]

we have 2 50 litre stock pots and a 32 litre thermobox and we can make 9% beers up to 30 litres with that equipment. Yes it was expensive but well worth it :thumb:

 

[markp]

God help us when Aleman posts :whistle: :rofl: :mrgreen:

:lol:

50L stock pot HLT - 3.5KW (electric)
50L theromobox mash tun (pedal powered :grin: )
80L thermobox boiler - 3.5KW (electric)

In hindsight I should have gone bigger with the HLT to save topping up.

 

[keith1664]

I've 2 70L stockpots as HLT and boiler, both with 2x 2.4kw kettle elements. Come brewday one element will be powered from the garage supply, the other via an extension lead to the house. Mash tun is a 50L thermopot. I've managed brewlengths up to 50L with this setup, but that involved topping up the HLT and the boiler was very close to the top
Usually I brew 40L for a double cornie fill.

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Normal kit

50l HLT
50l Mash tun
50l Copper.

all leccy


Big kit being planned and built

150l Hlt
150 Mash tun
240l copper with additional 100l hopback

combination of leccy and gas

 

[Aleman]

100L HLT (not heated)
50L or 80L Thermobox Mash Tun
130L Gas Powered Boiler (used to heat the Mash liquor before pumping to the MT then heats the Sparge Liquor)

Then on my other system :whistle: :whistle:

38.5L Electric Thermobox HLT
24.5L Thermobox Mash Tun
38.5L Electric Boiler
24.5L Thermobox FV

 

[leedsbrew]

113L twin element HLT
80L thermobox mash tun
100L gas fire kettle (SS ex food industry)


or

30L berco electric HLT/kettle
28L thermos mashtun

however I'm planning on using the berco as HLT only and upgrading to 38.5L thermobox MT and 50L stockpot boiler (gas)

 

[Bru4u]

Very other combinations, but that would be me

Gas HLT (100ltr - 2 Kegs welded)
Electric MT (100ltr - Water Jacketed stainless vessel)
Gas Kettle (100ltr - 2 Kegs welded)
Electric FV (100ltr - Water Jacketed stainless vessel)

 

[damfoose]

Personally

38lt insulated Mashtun
55 HLT insulated
55 kettle

Gas to heat the water then pump to HLT which is insulated and does not loose to much heat.

But planning on starting again ish with new kettle tun and hlt early ish next year so I may just have some kit to go.