MTBREWDOG
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I am an apartment brewer looking to purchase a bigger kettle. Right now I am brewing my beer in two different kettles and splitting my hops up. It's a giant pain in the butt but it works (kind of). I'm finding that it is hard to determine exactly how much wort I need to boil to make a full batch of beer, I usually end up with too much or too little. It's very hard to predict (calculate) evaporation rates across two kettles. My oven setup right now is an older electric range. The turkey fryer is an option but would only work for a few months out of the year due to the cold temps in my latitude during the winter.
What I'd really like to do is get an electric powered brew kettle that would accommodate a 5.5 gallon batch (AG). So this kettle would need to be at least 7-10 gallons. It would also need to operate on 110 volts. I think I'm living a pipe dream to find something like this but I thought I'd see what others are doing in such situations and also if anyone knows if such a thing exists.
Any advice / info on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers ,
Joe
I am an apartment brewer looking to purchase a bigger kettle. Right now I am brewing my beer in two different kettles and splitting my hops up. It's a giant pain in the butt but it works (kind of). I'm finding that it is hard to determine exactly how much wort I need to boil to make a full batch of beer, I usually end up with too much or too little. It's very hard to predict (calculate) evaporation rates across two kettles. My oven setup right now is an older electric range. The turkey fryer is an option but would only work for a few months out of the year due to the cold temps in my latitude during the winter.
What I'd really like to do is get an electric powered brew kettle that would accommodate a 5.5 gallon batch (AG). So this kettle would need to be at least 7-10 gallons. It would also need to operate on 110 volts. I think I'm living a pipe dream to find something like this but I thought I'd see what others are doing in such situations and also if anyone knows if such a thing exists.
Any advice / info on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers ,
Joe