ericm007
Member
New guy here, as I'm still trying to decide what size pot to buy. I'm thinking either 10 or 15 gal. I will be initially be working with extract. My question is this.
If I am understanding what I've read correctly, I will be boiling about 2 gallons of water to make my wort and then topping off to get a 5 gallon final batch size. For this I don't see how I could use a 15 gallon pot without a lot of loss from boiling and scorching of the wort.
Or would I just do a full 5 gallon boil and then add water to make up the difference to make the 5 gallon batch. I can see where I could use a 15gal pot doing this.
What are the downsides to the larger boil?
Which size pot?
I will probably be doing 5 gal batches for a while.
Thanks. I have read a lot of good info here.
Eric
If I am understanding what I've read correctly, I will be boiling about 2 gallons of water to make my wort and then topping off to get a 5 gallon final batch size. For this I don't see how I could use a 15 gallon pot without a lot of loss from boiling and scorching of the wort.
Or would I just do a full 5 gallon boil and then add water to make up the difference to make the 5 gallon batch. I can see where I could use a 15gal pot doing this.
What are the downsides to the larger boil?
Which size pot?
I will probably be doing 5 gal batches for a while.
Thanks. I have read a lot of good info here.
Eric