I have been going back and forth on the size of mash tun to order. 15gal vs. 20gal.
Brewery plans: 15gallon HLT, 20gallon BK, 15.5gallon fermenters (sanke kegs). Batch size = as much as I can fit in a sanke fermenter.
I had been thinking that I would not need more than a 15 gallon tun. I am going to try to ferment in 15.5 gallon sanke kegs, which means my batch size will be limited to roughly 13 gallons. Based on my old recipes, beers clocking in at 8% or less (I haven't brewed anything stronger) should require no more than about 12 gallons of space. That should be plenty to allow for deadspace under the false bottom as well as leave some room up top for a sparge arm.
Paired with a 20 gallon boil kettle, that should work out just fine don't you think?
Does anybody see any reason why I should order a 20 gallon mash tun? For some reason there is a voice in the back of my head telling me I might one day want or need the extra 5 gallons of space, but I'm not sure that's true. Anybody care to chime in?
Brewery plans: 15gallon HLT, 20gallon BK, 15.5gallon fermenters (sanke kegs). Batch size = as much as I can fit in a sanke fermenter.
I had been thinking that I would not need more than a 15 gallon tun. I am going to try to ferment in 15.5 gallon sanke kegs, which means my batch size will be limited to roughly 13 gallons. Based on my old recipes, beers clocking in at 8% or less (I haven't brewed anything stronger) should require no more than about 12 gallons of space. That should be plenty to allow for deadspace under the false bottom as well as leave some room up top for a sparge arm.
Paired with a 20 gallon boil kettle, that should work out just fine don't you think?
Does anybody see any reason why I should order a 20 gallon mash tun? For some reason there is a voice in the back of my head telling me I might one day want or need the extra 5 gallons of space, but I'm not sure that's true. Anybody care to chime in?