augiedoggy
Well-Known Member
The mash and boil isnt very complicated and made of thin stamped metal.. I think realistically it going to way about the same as a glass carboy... so moving it with wort in it will be like moving a full carboy. Also it will be fine to move structurally..These are just repurpose hot water urns with $40 worth of upgrades added... People have been moving them around full for years.I too am in the process of putting together a new brewing rig with the Brewer's Edge Mash and Boil...I don't have it yet (waiting for delivery), but I think it may be too stress on the outer shell of the vessel to move with 5.5 gallons of wort. The wort alone will weigh around 50# I think. 1 US gallon of water = 8.34#, 5.5 will be just short of 46#. I'd guess that wort probably weighs a fuzz more per pound than straight water...let's say that's 50# for the wort.
I can't locate any weight spec for the Mash & Boil, however on Amazon the estimated shipping weight is 30#...seems a little high to me, but even if we shaved 10# off that weight, you'd be looking at moving 70# total, roughly. That seems to me like way more load (torsional?) than you should put on thin-ish sheet metal at 2 relatively small areas even though it is cylindrical. I'm not an engineer, but that's what my gut is telling me. I'm sure someone who already has it has tried to move it post-boil though. I wonder how thick the sheet metal is; maybe it has the strength.
As someone who went electric years ago I will say its a very worthwhile upgrade... I do most of my brewing in a spare bedroom upstairs in the winter months..