I am very new to brewing and have a few extract kits under my belt.
I am falling hard and want to build an eHERMs system.
Problem is, I am struggling with 3 x 10 gallon kettles for 5 gallon batches versus 3 x 20 gallon kettles for 10 gallon batches. Right now I am experimenting and want to try as many different beer types as possible. I have a FastFerment which has 5 gallon capacity and I have bought a few ball lock kegs for serving/storage.
In my research, it seems that it is less than ideal to brew 5 gallon batches in a 10 gallon system so it seems I am stuck.
Why brew 10 gallons over 5, is it only for scale or are other advantages of the larger batch sizes?
Does anyone make narrow but tall 20 gallon kettles that are the same diameter as 10 gallon kettles which would reduce the challenge of the reduced batch size?
Chris
I am falling hard and want to build an eHERMs system.
Problem is, I am struggling with 3 x 10 gallon kettles for 5 gallon batches versus 3 x 20 gallon kettles for 10 gallon batches. Right now I am experimenting and want to try as many different beer types as possible. I have a FastFerment which has 5 gallon capacity and I have bought a few ball lock kegs for serving/storage.
In my research, it seems that it is less than ideal to brew 5 gallon batches in a 10 gallon system so it seems I am stuck.
Why brew 10 gallons over 5, is it only for scale or are other advantages of the larger batch sizes?
Does anyone make narrow but tall 20 gallon kettles that are the same diameter as 10 gallon kettles which would reduce the challenge of the reduced batch size?
Chris