A 'dern near' full boil

[JacktheKnife]

Gentlemen,

I have been brewing extracts for 15-16 years,
{I can't remember}
And during that time I have gone from brewing L.M.E. & D.M.E
{base grains} for alcohol production.
To quantity, {seeing how much ale I can brew in one winter.}
{It was 2,000, 12oz ales}
And now, there isn't any place left to go but quality.
I have been, the last year or so, steeping in speciality grains.
'Octoberfest, Vienna, Crystal Bisquet, Red ale, & Brown ale'.

About a month ago I was thinking...
I spend a lot of time stiring D.M.E. in order to disolve it.
Also much time cooling down a brew pot in order to pitch my yeast.
In fact it seems 'stirring' and 'waiting' is where my brewing time goes.
What would be nessessary in order to brew 10 gallons at once?
I thought about it and another brew pot was about all I would need.

I could stand there and 'stir' the D.M.E in two brew pots,
and 'cool down' two brew pots equally as easily as one.
Hmmmm...
I was impressed with myself.
The solution was so simple!
So I came up with another brew pot.

Then the other day I was reading here and old 'Laughing Gnome'
was praising a full boil and so I tried a 'fuller boil',
ie. 4 gallons, in two brew pots and it tasted good.
And in fact tasted so good,
I drank 5 gallons of it with out even bottling it!

Today I was brewing another batch and I was amazed
at how fast the D.M.E. melts in 4 gallons of water as opposed to just 2.5!
Lots faster!
A split boil is 'Dern near' as good as a 'full boil'
for those of you who are still brewing on a stovetop.
Its better than a 'one brew pot boil'!
A '4 gallon two brew pot' boil
or... a 'Dern near' full boil.
It is so fast I will stick with brewing one batch faster
rather than two at once.
Two brew pots cool much faster than one 'biggun' too.
A 'dern near' full boil, sure enough,
is faster and tastes better.
I have learned something!
Is that cool or what?



JacktheKnife
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[shot0rum247]

Yeah I'm with ya, but I just use a 9 gallon pot for full boils of 5 gallons I've just gotten into partial mash and its even better...try it!

 

[JacktheKnife]

Shot,

Alright, I will.
I am disabled and poor but when my fortune can afford a 5 gallon boil...
it makes sense.
If a 4 gallon boil is good it is obvious that a 5 gallon boil is better.


Thank you

'Lets git ignert and go coon hunting'

J. Knife

 

[shot0rum247]

No need to be spiteful. You could have made a caveat like "I can't do 5 gallon boils so..." We're all friends here.

 

[Revvy]

No need to be spiteful. You could have made a caveat like "I can't do 5 gallon boils so..." We're all friends here.

He wasn't being spiteful dude, he was being Jack...

He even said thank you in his prose....(Jack doesn't just post, he paints pictures with his words on here.)

He really did mean it, when he cobbles together the cash he will take up your advice and do it.

Hey jack if you can check out getting a propane turkey fryer with a 7.5 gallon pot. I got one for a measly 25 bucks just before turkey day, you may be able to find one after christmas for the same price.

With the 7.5 gallon pot you can depending on the evaporation rate boil down to your 5 gallon batch from about 6 or 6.5 gallons...

Then you'll be one step closer to converting your hammerbier recipes to all grain, and they will cost you around 2 bucks for you entire batch.

 

[yeoldebrewer]

Sounds interesting. Ingenuity is what it's all about.

 

[Malticulous]

Extract is easy and quick, but with AG 10 gallons takes about the same time as five (except for the bottling.) I need to pony up for a chiller then I'll be there. Brew away Jack to poet.

 

[salzar]

Two smaller kettles, are easier to work with then 1 big, don't need a pump, and can be heated with a stove. Allowing for the easiest increase in production with minimal equipment or labor.

All-grain with bulk grain purchases, is so so much more cheaper then buying malt extract. I love the simplicty of extract brew days, it just hard to beat 62cents a pound for 2row. Maybe A good point would be find a easy way to step up to all grain, or partial mashing. A big grain bag and a kettle would be the simplest, or using the bucket in bucket. Its all about what you have around to rigg into one.