Double Extract Kit? Tips?

[tonello61]

Hello all,

Just joined homebrewtalk today!
I've made a total of 4 home-brew batches with a 5 gal. setup and just recently purchased a 10 gal. pot. I'm still using extract brewing and using prepackaged kits. I am curious if I can just buy two kits and brew both at the same time (double ingredients/quantities in their respective steps) and come out with a quality product (x2).

Are there any precautions or altered steps than making a single 5 gallon batch?

All help and tips are greatly appreciated,
Thank you!

 

[Yooper]

Sure, you could do that. Recipes scale up (or down) just fine!

 

[heckler73]

make sure you double the yeast too, with a yeast starter.

 

[flars]

Can you boil and chill double the volume?

 

[btbnl]

A 10 gallon pot isn't going to be enough for a 10 gallon batch unless you're diluting the wort a lot at the end, in which case you're inheriting all the problems (hop utilization, extract scorching, ... ) that come with that.

However a 10 gallon pot is ideal for 5 gallon BIAB batches, which - assuming your heat source can boil 7-8 gallons - makes the step-up from extract pretty painless and the improvement in your beer remarkable.

 

[tonello61]

Thank you for the quick responses!

Yes, I also picked up a propane burner and a copper wort chiller.

The BIAB I have used all recommend steeping with 2-3 gallons and adding the remainder to the fermenter when chilled. A double batch would require 4-6 gallons in the pot and then topping off the fermenter(s). However, I'm assuming this may be an issue when I go all-grain and want to do larger batches.

The 10 gal. is a top hat, more vertical than it is wide and the wort chiller was custom made to fit all the way at the bottom of the pot.

I will need to read up on hop utilization, extract scorching and anything else that may be an issue.