The kettle is undersquare. Tall and skinny. The boil surface exposed to air is not much greater then our 15 gallon kettle and hence the evaporation rate is not real significant. On top of that I am not measuring all that precisely how much wort we start with and how much we end with. I know 55# grain=close to
8 carboys near full at og of 1.042 or so. Our goal is to make a large quantity of good beer that is reasonably repeatable. If the need is for 50 gallons of high gravity beer our system is close but not quite there.
Over the years we as a group have found that beers over 1.050 are too filling, make you fat, make you drunk and don't appeal to the majority of regular folks.
1.040 og and life is just more pleasant imho.
All this chatter has me thirsty. Let me refill my glass.
rick in W. Mi.
8 carboys near full at og of 1.042 or so. Our goal is to make a large quantity of good beer that is reasonably repeatable. If the need is for 50 gallons of high gravity beer our system is close but not quite there.
Over the years we as a group have found that beers over 1.050 are too filling, make you fat, make you drunk and don't appeal to the majority of regular folks.
1.040 og and life is just more pleasant imho.
All this chatter has me thirsty. Let me refill my glass.
rick in W. Mi.
