I'm planning to treat myself to a new stainless conical (14 gallon SS Brewtech BME) with some Christmas bonus money. Up until now, I have been a 5 gallon batch brewer, but I would like the option of moving up to 10 gallon batches.
The only issues that I can see:
- the thermowell is mounted at the 5.5 gallon mark in the conical that I want, so my temp readings may not be accurate if there isn't enough wort in the fermenter.
- This conical has built in immersion chiller coils, and the cooling will be less efficient with less wort contact.
Any thoughts?
The only issues that I can see:
- the thermowell is mounted at the 5.5 gallon mark in the conical that I want, so my temp readings may not be accurate if there isn't enough wort in the fermenter.
- This conical has built in immersion chiller coils, and the cooling will be less efficient with less wort contact.
Any thoughts?