1st AG Brew

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J_P

Post by J_P » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:25 am

Glad to see you had a good day Hoppkins, I'd like to say welcome to the dark side but you beat me to it :lol:

One thing I will say is that it's as easy to brew up a 23l batch a it is to brew a 5l one, I'm hoping that the same is true of brewing 10 gallons opposed to five!
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:38 am

Great one Hopkins. Glad you have FINALLY stepped over to the dark side. :lol:
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Post by Andy » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:56 am

J_P wrote: I'm hoping that the same is true of brewing 10 gallons opposed to five!
Yes, it is 8)

However, with 10 gallons you're then into the territory of "very heavy things" at various stages in the process so need to work out how you're going to move heavy quantities of grain/liquor/wort around in a safe manner.
Dan!
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Madbrewer

Post by Madbrewer » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:48 am

Andy wrote:
However, with 10 gallons you're then into the territory of "very heavy things" at various stages in the process so need to work out how you're going to move heavy quantities of grain/liquor/wort around in a safe manner.
I can't stress enough how lucky I have probably been so far. If you are going 10 Gal's and don't have a pumped system. Consider roping in help! I have two set up's a 5 Gallon and a 10 Gallon. FWIW I rarely do 10 Gal's these days unless someone is around to help incase I need help. I.e. If I forgot to fit my hop strainer and instead of using a hop sock, I decided to drain 10Gal's of hot wort to re fit it, and restart the boil, it becomes a much larger task. (OK so I could probably drain into two smaller bins - but you get the picture?). There's the extra possibility to hurt your back, the additional extra boiling liquid in a nasty boil over scenarios to contend with. But then for the additional ingredients there's also 80 pints ot drink instead if 40 for much the same investment of time :roll:
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johnh

Post by johnh » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:25 pm

Just to express an alternative point of view... I love the process of creating recipies and experimenting with new ingredients, in fact, I love the whole brewing process. Personally, I wouldn't dream of making large batches just to 'utilise my time better'. For me that would just mean brewing less often. I find that 12-15L batches balance out about right for my circumstances...
...just my tuppence.
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