BrewBeemer
Well-Known Member
After reading another thread posted about a boil pot with a 18" diameter asking if that would increase more boil off volume that made me think and ask a few questions almost on the same topic.
First off that 18" diameter boil pot would result in 254 sq/in surface area, a 12" cut keggle 113 sq/in surface area, going down to 10" cut keggle to 78.54 sq/in surface area.
Going from diameter 18" down to 12" reduces this surface area to .444 of 18", 18" to 10" reduces this surface area to .308 and 12" to 10" to .694 of a 12" opening.
Questions; would there be any ill effects with having a boil keggle with 10" vs a 12" opening on the keggle? Any nasty by products that need to be boiled out that a smaller opening might hinder their excape using 10" vs a 12" opening? I know the boil off times to reduce the volume would take longer with a smaller opening, any other reason why this would not work?
First off that 18" diameter boil pot would result in 254 sq/in surface area, a 12" cut keggle 113 sq/in surface area, going down to 10" cut keggle to 78.54 sq/in surface area.
Going from diameter 18" down to 12" reduces this surface area to .444 of 18", 18" to 10" reduces this surface area to .308 and 12" to 10" to .694 of a 12" opening.
Questions; would there be any ill effects with having a boil keggle with 10" vs a 12" opening on the keggle? Any nasty by products that need to be boiled out that a smaller opening might hinder their excape using 10" vs a 12" opening? I know the boil off times to reduce the volume would take longer with a smaller opening, any other reason why this would not work?