Volume?

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Volume?

Post by yashicamat » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:03 pm

I'm getting a 25kg sack of pale 2-row tomorrow and I am trying to sort out the containers suitable for storing it. Question is - how much volume per kilo does crushed grain use? I am guessing about 1.5 litres per kilo?

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Re: Volume?

Post by edit1now » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:06 pm

I measured one of my 25kg sacks and got 57 litres. Any Good?
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Re: Volume?

Post by yashicamat » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:25 pm

Cheers for that. :)

I have managed to find two 29 litre fermenting bins (which I don't use anymore) so hopefully they'll do the job!
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Re: Volume?

Post by Aleman » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:47 pm

I find that 1L of Crushed malt weighs just about 500g . . . which is not to bad when you have a 12Kg batch to weigh out
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Re: Volume?

Post by yashicamat » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:05 pm

Seems like the advice was pretty accurate! Two 25 litre plastic bin fermenters (closer to 30 litres to the top) are both filled to the brim now! Pouring grain about gets very dusty though. :shock: :shock: :shock:
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