I am approaching my first all grain batch. I currently have 2 kettles, one is a 11 gallon that I installed a 1/2" valve on the bottom, the other is a 24 gallon with a pre-installed 2" valve. The valve on the large tun is some wierd firefighter type.
Now here is the delema. I want to do a 10 gallon batch (Maybe even a 15 gallon batch) I am unable to use my plate chiller with the 24 gallon tun due to the odd valve type. What I am hoping to do is use the big tun to boil my beer, than once I am done boiling I will transfer the beer through the 2" valve into my smaller 11 gallon kettle. The biggest problem is the beer would spash when it fell the 18 inches to go from the big tun to the smaller kettle.
Is this going to cause enough aeration to be of any concern. I have read numerous threads on hot side aeration and don't know if I should be concerned or not.
Thanks!
Now here is the delema. I want to do a 10 gallon batch (Maybe even a 15 gallon batch) I am unable to use my plate chiller with the 24 gallon tun due to the odd valve type. What I am hoping to do is use the big tun to boil my beer, than once I am done boiling I will transfer the beer through the 2" valve into my smaller 11 gallon kettle. The biggest problem is the beer would spash when it fell the 18 inches to go from the big tun to the smaller kettle.
Is this going to cause enough aeration to be of any concern. I have read numerous threads on hot side aeration and don't know if I should be concerned or not.
Thanks!