Jester4176
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A buddy and I recently acquired 2 industrial fridges to lager in. One will be our primary lager fridge, as it will hold 4 6.5gal carboys, and the other will be the secondary lager fridge as it can hold 6-8 5gal carboys. We're biting the bullet and buying a 26.4gal (100liter) kettle to step up batch sizes with. Getting a great deal on it from a local shop for $125. Originally made as a wine fermenter, but can be used as a kettle and has a built in spigot. All SS. Anyone have experience with a pot this big?
I figure I can just take a regular recipe and multiply it by 4 for an ingredients list. We brew extract at the moment, so I'm wondering how much longer does everyone think it will take to heat/brew a batch this big. The pot will be on a double burner propane cooker. Each burner is rated at 190K btu. Going to try to span the 2 burners so there isn't a single hot spot in the center of the kettle, but rather, 2 heat sources for more even heating.
Can someone with larger batch brewing experience step in and let me know if there is anything else I might need to brew this much beer at once with? I plan on pre-boiling 26-30 gal of water the night before for the batch. Only bad thing is, I'm having to use my small wort chiller until we build a bigger one. Any idea how long it will take to cool a batch of this size? And is there an easy way to divy up the worth equally into 4 carboys? Maybe build a 4-way manifold off the spigot, drop a line into each carboy, and hope for the best? Would like to get all this sorted out so we can brew this weekend.
I figure I can just take a regular recipe and multiply it by 4 for an ingredients list. We brew extract at the moment, so I'm wondering how much longer does everyone think it will take to heat/brew a batch this big. The pot will be on a double burner propane cooker. Each burner is rated at 190K btu. Going to try to span the 2 burners so there isn't a single hot spot in the center of the kettle, but rather, 2 heat sources for more even heating.
Can someone with larger batch brewing experience step in and let me know if there is anything else I might need to brew this much beer at once with? I plan on pre-boiling 26-30 gal of water the night before for the batch. Only bad thing is, I'm having to use my small wort chiller until we build a bigger one. Any idea how long it will take to cool a batch of this size? And is there an easy way to divy up the worth equally into 4 carboys? Maybe build a 4-way manifold off the spigot, drop a line into each carboy, and hope for the best? Would like to get all this sorted out so we can brew this weekend.