My neighbor is a pit master and we've made an arrangement where I give him homebrew and he gives me ribs and brisket! I do BIAB and with this great arrangement I took it as an opportunity to upgrade to a 15.5 gallon pot so I can do 10 gal batches (I'd hate to make just 5 gallons and give it all away). I did my first batch in my new pot (an IPA) and quickly realized that I can't get all my mash water into the pot with all the grain.
I read lots of posts on here before I got my new pot to make sure it would be large enough, but I guess I didn't check on the types of beers that others are making. I now have to essentially sparge my grain to get my full pre-boil volume which is counter-intuitive to the simple BIAB process I like. Do others have this problem when doing 10 gal batches (post boil volume) in 15 gal pots? I'm a little frustrated and am contemplating a 20 gal pot, but it would probably be too big for the 5 gal batches I will still do fairly often.
I read lots of posts on here before I got my new pot to make sure it would be large enough, but I guess I didn't check on the types of beers that others are making. I now have to essentially sparge my grain to get my full pre-boil volume which is counter-intuitive to the simple BIAB process I like. Do others have this problem when doing 10 gal batches (post boil volume) in 15 gal pots? I'm a little frustrated and am contemplating a 20 gal pot, but it would probably be too big for the 5 gal batches I will still do fairly often.