Pot Sizes

[Rich711]

I am an extract brewer who wants to break into AGB. The following are the batch sizes I am interested in brewing:

5 Gallons of normal gravity beer
10 Gallons of normal gravity beer
5 Gallons of high gravity beer.

I plan on using stainless for the boil pot, mash tun and liquor tank

What size pots do I need for the Hot Liquor Tank, the Mash/Lauter Tun and the boil pot to accommodate the above three volumes.

 

[skunkfunk]

Minimum 12 gallons MLT. Probably minimum 15 gallon boil kettle (bigger is better) and another minimum 5 gallon pot for sparge water, probably take 2 sparges at that size for a 10 gallon batch.

Most of this is due to your 10 gallons normal beer. I brew 5 gallon high-gravity batches with a 12 gallon MLT and 2x 5 gallon pots for boil/sparging, couple other random buckets to deal with stuck sparge or whatever. You'll also need a bigass burner to boil that 12 gallons of wort.

 

[mascervesa]

Take a look at this thread
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/how-big-your-mash-tun-needs-123585/
I started making 10 gallon 1.060 batches with two 10 gallon Rubbermaid Round coolers for the MLT and HLT. If you want to go all stainless, there are some deals out there or you can just go with three kegs.