gluttonoussloth
Member
I'm new here, so forgive any mistakes or repeated questions, but basically here is my situation:
I boil in a 5 gallon capacity boil kettle on my stove top and usually collect 4 gallons of wort (pre-boil) and end up fermenting approximately 3 gallons.
I really want to end up fermenting 5 gallons (more beer is always good, and actually necessary in my case...my distribution list is too long and 3 gallons doesn't leave much for myself), but my stove does not have the power and my kettle doesn't have the capacity.
How would I go about brewing 5 gallon batches?
Could I:
1) Split wort evenly between (2) - 5 gallon boil kettles so that the OG is the same and perform 2 simultaneous boils and continue as usual until I combine the 2 batches prior to pitching? Any suggestions on how to collect the wort (alternating 1 gallon at a time?)?
2) I only have 1 immersion chiller, so I would obviously have to cool down one batch at a time...would this cause any problems (cold break?)?
Any comments, suggestions, or other anticipated problems I may encounter would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul
I boil in a 5 gallon capacity boil kettle on my stove top and usually collect 4 gallons of wort (pre-boil) and end up fermenting approximately 3 gallons.
I really want to end up fermenting 5 gallons (more beer is always good, and actually necessary in my case...my distribution list is too long and 3 gallons doesn't leave much for myself), but my stove does not have the power and my kettle doesn't have the capacity.
How would I go about brewing 5 gallon batches?
Could I:
1) Split wort evenly between (2) - 5 gallon boil kettles so that the OG is the same and perform 2 simultaneous boils and continue as usual until I combine the 2 batches prior to pitching? Any suggestions on how to collect the wort (alternating 1 gallon at a time?)?
2) I only have 1 immersion chiller, so I would obviously have to cool down one batch at a time...would this cause any problems (cold break?)?
Any comments, suggestions, or other anticipated problems I may encounter would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul