So I've been wanting to do an all-grain for a while now, but the only thing holding be back is that I'm worried that my stove will might not be able to boil a large amount of wort.
So I tried a test tonight, I put 7 gallons of water in my large 15 or 16 gallon ss pot, spanning two burners. turned on the fire (with lid on at first) it went from 150 to about 210 in roughly 35 min (removed lid at about 200 deg.). It was slightly boiling at 210, I left it this way for another 25-30 min with no change, there were some fairly large bubbles coming up from the bottom, but far from a "good" boil.
Is this a good test, can I brew like this? I'm worried that with the higher specific gravity of the wort compared to water, it might be even further away from a good boil.
thanks
So I tried a test tonight, I put 7 gallons of water in my large 15 or 16 gallon ss pot, spanning two burners. turned on the fire (with lid on at first) it went from 150 to about 210 in roughly 35 min (removed lid at about 200 deg.). It was slightly boiling at 210, I left it this way for another 25-30 min with no change, there were some fairly large bubbles coming up from the bottom, but far from a "good" boil.
Is this a good test, can I brew like this? I'm worried that with the higher specific gravity of the wort compared to water, it might be even further away from a good boil.
thanks