paulthenurse
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Ok, I'm trying to work out the logistics of brewing this beast given what we have for equipment.
We will have on hand the following.
2 15.5 gal sanke kegs with false bottoms
2 12.5 gallon kegs
2 rubbermaid-type mash tuns/
4 burners.
Here are a few realities learned last year.
Last years recipies (87 # of grain in total) maxed out the two 15.5 gallon keggles we used as mash tuns.
I've mashed 17.5 # of grain in my rubbermaid and it was pretty close to maxed out.
Chris says his rubbermaid can hold 30 # max.
This years recipe has been modified and now consist of 112.5 # of assorted grains. We need to split that up within the 4 mash tuns.
If we put 35 # in each keggle (at 1.5 qt's/# we need 52.5 qts to mash in, or 13.1 gallons. Gonna have to use less strike water.) that will eat up 70 of the 112.5 lbs of grain. We should be able to squeeze in 27 lbs in Chris's MT and 15 in mine. That eats up all the grain.
OK how about 37/37/25/13.5? Now, if we drop the strike water to 1.25 qt/# we'll have
37 X 1.25 = 46.25 qt's in each keggle (11.6 gallons per keggle)
25# X 1.25 = 31.25 qt's (7.8 gallons in the larger rubbermaid)
13.5# X 1.25 = 16.9 qt's (4.25 gallons in the smaller rubbermaid)
That means we need 35.25 gallons of strike water out of which we might get 20 +/- into the kettles. Do that again to sparge and we should end up with 40 odd gallons that we'll need to boil down. I think that is going to be very dependant on what we get for gravity readings off the first runnings.
Ok, I need to leave this alone for a while. Discuss amoung yourselves.
PTN
We will have on hand the following.
2 15.5 gal sanke kegs with false bottoms
2 12.5 gallon kegs
2 rubbermaid-type mash tuns/
4 burners.
Here are a few realities learned last year.
Last years recipies (87 # of grain in total) maxed out the two 15.5 gallon keggles we used as mash tuns.
I've mashed 17.5 # of grain in my rubbermaid and it was pretty close to maxed out.
Chris says his rubbermaid can hold 30 # max.
This years recipe has been modified and now consist of 112.5 # of assorted grains. We need to split that up within the 4 mash tuns.
If we put 35 # in each keggle (at 1.5 qt's/# we need 52.5 qts to mash in, or 13.1 gallons. Gonna have to use less strike water.) that will eat up 70 of the 112.5 lbs of grain. We should be able to squeeze in 27 lbs in Chris's MT and 15 in mine. That eats up all the grain.
OK how about 37/37/25/13.5? Now, if we drop the strike water to 1.25 qt/# we'll have
37 X 1.25 = 46.25 qt's in each keggle (11.6 gallons per keggle)
25# X 1.25 = 31.25 qt's (7.8 gallons in the larger rubbermaid)
13.5# X 1.25 = 16.9 qt's (4.25 gallons in the smaller rubbermaid)
That means we need 35.25 gallons of strike water out of which we might get 20 +/- into the kettles. Do that again to sparge and we should end up with 40 odd gallons that we'll need to boil down. I think that is going to be very dependant on what we get for gravity readings off the first runnings.
Ok, I need to leave this alone for a while. Discuss amoung yourselves.
PTN