Pratzie said:For a five gallon full boil its gonna be close... If ur doing the BIAB i'd def invest in a digital with a probe just to be safe. Amazon has them for under 30 bucks and are worth their weight in gold for home brewing.
mcspanner said:, I'm curious as to what teaks up all the space? The pot in the pic is 60qt or 15 gallon volume but if this is going to be close, what's going on in the other 8.5 or 9 gallon worth of space (allowing for evaporation to end up with 5gal of wort)?
GilSwillBasementBrews said:Well the 10-15#'s or so of grain + approx 7 gallons of water it all takes up space. Plus you want a little bit of head space to avoid boil overs. So it will be close.
Pratzie said:Maybe I should have clarified... My second comment about it being close... was with regards to an installed thermometer on that top port... With only a five gallon batch, the water level may not reach the probe in that top hole. As far as a boil over, that won't happen with a pot that big.
Just run that burner for about 20 minutes to burn off all that paint. Still have no idea why they paint them when they expect it all to come off anyway within the first few minutes of the first burn.
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