55 Gallon Drums

[brewpal]

If you mean distance from burner to kettle bottom, it is about 6 inches.

 

[kitemanks]

http://abbeydrum.com/ has SS 55 open top drums and some 20 gal closed top. Just a FYI ask for the used ones.

 

[GC89]

How many gallon is your steam kettle? I just picked up one that is very similar but is tippable in adition to the bottom drain. I'v been trying to get info to plan out the size of the rest of my new sytem accordingly

 

[brewpal]

42 gallons to the rim. I can comfortably mash 100 lbs, 110 if I am a little careful.

Good luck.

 

[GC89]

So with a 100lb mash you can pull off around a 40 finished gallon batch size with your mlt capacity. Is the 80 gallon boil kettle for safety room or so you can do a double mash and a larger 60+ gallon batch? Do you have a thread on your set up or more pictures? Im interested in your process and what kind of efficiency your getting out of it. Mine is a "40 gallon" kettle as well, not sure what the actual volume is though.

 

[brewpal]

Last batch was 100 lbs grain with a pre-boil volume of 60 gal. OG was 1.055. I expect to get about 50 gal of finished beer. The thirsty brew-crew will make short work of that soon. Not sure what the efficiency is.

Pics on p. 2 of this thread pretty much illustrate the show. The 80 gal pot gives me plenty of room to boil 60 gal without boil-over worries.