I am setting up my eBIAB system right now, I am moving up my my propane system with 7.5 gallon kettles. I plan on sticking with 5 gallon batches.
I can get pretty good deals on old kegs from the scrap yard and turn it into a Keggle for pretty cheap.
But with only doing 5 gallon I am a bit to worried that a keggle will be far to large for a 5 gallon batch.
So then I started thinking about a 10 gallon boil kettle, but then started doing the calculations, if I wanted 5.25 at finished boil that mean I would need 6.25 to 6.5 at pre-boil, plus 1gal grain absorbtion. Giving me 7.5 gallons of water total needed. Then the grain takes up space as well, at 5lb per gallon. So would that mean with a 10 gallon kettle I would be limited to 12.5lbs of grain?
Just wondering if I am thinking about this correctly?
Really I am trying to get a quality kettle that will last me forever, I know a keg will do it but I am worried it will be way overkill..
I can get pretty good deals on old kegs from the scrap yard and turn it into a Keggle for pretty cheap.
But with only doing 5 gallon I am a bit to worried that a keggle will be far to large for a 5 gallon batch.
So then I started thinking about a 10 gallon boil kettle, but then started doing the calculations, if I wanted 5.25 at finished boil that mean I would need 6.25 to 6.5 at pre-boil, plus 1gal grain absorbtion. Giving me 7.5 gallons of water total needed. Then the grain takes up space as well, at 5lb per gallon. So would that mean with a 10 gallon kettle I would be limited to 12.5lbs of grain?
Just wondering if I am thinking about this correctly?
Really I am trying to get a quality kettle that will last me forever, I know a keg will do it but I am worried it will be way overkill..