autobaun70
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I am going to be making a my first batch of brew in the morning. I am using a Midwest Autumn Amber extract kit. I have two options for the brewing process.
I can either do a partial boil of 3 gallons on the stove, or I also have the option of doing a full boil in an 30 quart turkey fryer pot. The turkey fryer has never been used before. I did boil a round of water for about 30 minutes last weekend. I was able to achieve a full boil with 5.5 gallons of water in 18 minutes.
My thought is to steep the specialty grains on the stove in about 3 gallons of water to have a little better control in maintaining the prescribed 155 degree temperature for 30 minutes, and then pour this into the big pot on the propane burner with another 3 gallons already partially heated to around the same temperature. Based on what I have read on here, 6 gallons seems to be the the ideal starting point for a 60 minute boil to end up with 5 gallons final volume.
For cooling, I have a 70 qt cooler that I plan to submerge the boil kettle in when it comes off the heat. When I did a test round last weekend I was able to get the temp of boiling water down to 80 degrees in just under 20 minutes. I have the cooler rigged up so that the water slowly trickles in from the drain plug giving a constant water change. While cooling, I stirred about every 3 or 4 minutes. I am thinking I will probably put a few frozen milk jugs in the water cooler to speed this up slightly.
Anything that I am missing. Hopefully this first round will go off smoothly.
I can either do a partial boil of 3 gallons on the stove, or I also have the option of doing a full boil in an 30 quart turkey fryer pot. The turkey fryer has never been used before. I did boil a round of water for about 30 minutes last weekend. I was able to achieve a full boil with 5.5 gallons of water in 18 minutes.
My thought is to steep the specialty grains on the stove in about 3 gallons of water to have a little better control in maintaining the prescribed 155 degree temperature for 30 minutes, and then pour this into the big pot on the propane burner with another 3 gallons already partially heated to around the same temperature. Based on what I have read on here, 6 gallons seems to be the the ideal starting point for a 60 minute boil to end up with 5 gallons final volume.
For cooling, I have a 70 qt cooler that I plan to submerge the boil kettle in when it comes off the heat. When I did a test round last weekend I was able to get the temp of boiling water down to 80 degrees in just under 20 minutes. I have the cooler rigged up so that the water slowly trickles in from the drain plug giving a constant water change. While cooling, I stirred about every 3 or 4 minutes. I am thinking I will probably put a few frozen milk jugs in the water cooler to speed this up slightly.
Anything that I am missing. Hopefully this first round will go off smoothly.
