What size batch?

[Steveruch]

I have a 5.5 gallon pot.

 

[wilserbrewer]

If you are inexperienced, start w/ 2.5 gallons and work up to your comfort level.

While a 5 gallon batch is possible with a few work around like sparking, topping up the kettle w wort during the boil, and even topping up the fermenter, that’s not wise for the first time around the track w/ little seat time.

 

[DBhomebrew]

With a single dunk sparge, I put 3.6G into the fermenter at 1.094 out of a 5 gallon pot. Preboil volume was definitely the limiting factor.

Mash

Top of boil

ETA: I started with 2.75G ~1.050 full volume mash and worked my way up to 3.6G VIF with the single dunk.

 

[Steveruch]

If you are inexperienced, start w/ 2.5 gallons and work up to your comfort level.

While a 5 gallon batch is possible with a few work around like sparking, topping up the kettle w wort during the boil, and even topping up the fermenter, that’s not wise for the first time around the track w/ little seat time.

I used to brew 3 gallon all-grain batches, but due to space limitations am now doing two gallon extract batches and hope to be in a better living situation later in the year. While I downsized some time ago I kept my kettle and have acquired a biab bag which will allow me to resume all-grain brewing without having to replace a lot of equipment.

 

[Leezer]

I do 2.5G biab with a 4G kettle and would think 3G biab in a 5.5G kettle would work out fine.

 

[Transamguy77]

Well if doing extract then you can easily do 5 gallon batches. And if AG you can still do 5 gallons and you will have to dilute to whatever batch size you want, but will take a bit more figuring out.

 

[bracconiere]

depends, do you have a mash tun?