Opivy
Well-Known Member
Alright, so I've been wanting to try an all grain recipe for a while now - and have purchased some items.
A propane burner (says bayou classic on it. it seems to get a pretty badass flame on it)
and the stuff to make an immersion chiller. (25 feet of copper and what not. after reading some threads i decided 25 feet would be sufficient. please tell me if i'm wrong because I haven't actually made it yet)
and instead of buying a pot, I've borrowed a pot from my girlfriends grandmother, which was used in the restaurant they used to own.
So, the thing is pretty old (and a little bit dirty, and as far as I can tell aluminum) and it's huge!
decided to find out how big, and I'm guessing around 18 gallons. I dumped 5 gallons of water in, which only came up about 5 inches. and the thing is around 18 inches tall.
Now, I'd really hate to have to buy a pot as well - but I'm wondering if this will suit me for a 5 gallon batch.
Mainly ofcourse I'm talking about chilling the wort with the 25 ft. coil.
After reading a couple more threads, I don't think it would bother me greatly to buy another fermenter and do a 10 gallon batch - but having that much boiling wort + pouring it seems a little scary to me.
Sorry for the long-winded post but I'm sure a lot of you realize how confusing this stuff can be. (especially all the threads I've been reading about aluminum and not to scrub it. how am I supposed to clean this thing out?!)
thanks in advance.
A propane burner (says bayou classic on it. it seems to get a pretty badass flame on it)
and the stuff to make an immersion chiller. (25 feet of copper and what not. after reading some threads i decided 25 feet would be sufficient. please tell me if i'm wrong because I haven't actually made it yet)
and instead of buying a pot, I've borrowed a pot from my girlfriends grandmother, which was used in the restaurant they used to own.
So, the thing is pretty old (and a little bit dirty, and as far as I can tell aluminum) and it's huge!
decided to find out how big, and I'm guessing around 18 gallons. I dumped 5 gallons of water in, which only came up about 5 inches. and the thing is around 18 inches tall.
Now, I'd really hate to have to buy a pot as well - but I'm wondering if this will suit me for a 5 gallon batch.
Mainly ofcourse I'm talking about chilling the wort with the 25 ft. coil.
After reading a couple more threads, I don't think it would bother me greatly to buy another fermenter and do a 10 gallon batch - but having that much boiling wort + pouring it seems a little scary to me.
Sorry for the long-winded post but I'm sure a lot of you realize how confusing this stuff can be. (especially all the threads I've been reading about aluminum and not to scrub it. how am I supposed to clean this thing out?!)
thanks in advance.