Max grain bill in keggle

[watermelon83]

I'm building my e-biab setup now. I have a keggle, and keggle bag. What's the max grain bill that will fit in one of these bags. I guess I'm considering buying a 15g unit and bag instead of converting the keggle further.

 

[wilserbrewer]

If your keggle has a small top opening as most do, you may struggle with larger grain bills, say 20 - 25 lbs.

That said, I would recommend a 15 - 20 gallon kettle over a keggle all day long,,, just my opinion.

Concord kettles are not that $$$.


Wilserbrewer
Http://biabbags.webs.com/

 

[watermelon83]

Thank you sir. I have a feeling I'll be placing a new bag order very soon. Btw used your hop bag in a Pliney clone last week. Freaking awesome!!! All but the mash hops where pellets. I was concerned about flow through with that large of a hop schedule, it honestly didn't fill a third of the bag.

 

[haeffnkr]

I have an upside down keggle, bottom drain and I can shove 25 pounds of grain in it and get it out easily with my new wilserbag designed for the keggle.

But - as wilser said -
If I was to do it over again and I still might, I would get at least a 20 gallon kettle if not 25 for 12 gallon batches.

good luck

 

[TheZymurgist]

Can I Mash It?

This will help. It'll tell you the volume of your mash in relation to your grain bill and water to grist ratio. I use it all the time when I'm doing 10 gallon batches or smaller batches of a higher gravity. I've found my limit in a 10 gallon cooler is a 10 gallon batch of about 1.060 wort (post boil) assuming 75% efficiency.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Yes yes, I like the rackers calculator, "Can I Mash It".

With a small opening keggle and BIAB, you need another calculator, "Can I Get the Grain Bill Out"
Haha j/k


Wilserbrewer
Http://biabbags.webs.com/

 

[TheZymurgist]

Yes yes, I like the rackers calculator, "Can I Mash It".

With a small opening keggle and BIAB, you need another calculator, "Can I Get the Grain Bill Out"
Haha j/k


Wilserbrewer
Http://biabbags.webs.com/

What do you mean by "small opening?" I use a keggle and was able to cut the top off and leave only about two inches from the side.

 

[atoughram]

I've had in excess of 34 pounds in mine but I wouldn't suggest it.

Efficiency sucked and it was right at the very top of the keggle.

Here's a picture if it.

 

[DurtyChemist]

I've had in excess of 34 pounds in mine but I wouldn't suggest it.

Efficiency sucked and it was right at the very top of the keggle.

Here's a picture if it.

continuously stir or buy a pump and recirculate and your efficiency should improve. now....using 30 lbs of grain for a 5 gallon batch is a different story.....that's some strong stuff.

 

[rekoob]

I've seen kegs with the top completly removed too. So that's an option for you if you want to stick with what you have and not spend the money on another kettle.

If I recall some remove the top, inside the handle area and some have removed the top at the upper weld below the handle. not sure if that changes the amount for the keg but I think it's doable.

 

[helibrewer]

I'm building my e-biab setup now. I have a keggle, and keggle bag. What's the max grain bill that will fit in one of these bags. I guess I'm considering buying a 15g unit and bag instead of converting the keggle further.

I have found that vessels that are relatively narrow compared to their height suffer in efficiency the higher they are filled. The mashing works fine but the lautering process is where you suffer with a relatively narrow, high grain bed.

 

[watermelon83]

I'm heading in the 80q concord 99$ pot direction currently. I can drill and solder, so one of these would probably work well. Although, the geek in me is strong and three of these with a decent control panel would make a helluva 10g eherms.

 

[atoughram]

continuously stir or buy a pump and recirculate and your efficiency should improve. now....using 30 lbs of grain for a 5 gallon batch is a different story.....that's some strong stuff.

It's a RIMS system - the return line from the pump shows in the picture.

That batch was a year or so ago, my efficiency was 56% IIRC. And that was a 11 gallon batch.