Great price for a mash-tun boiler...... be quick!
I think the Brupaks boiler has the element below a flat bottom, so it should be easy to clean.
I almost tempted to get one to sell on ebay. You'd be dischuffed if you'd just paid £130 for a brewpaks boiler, wouldn't you! I hope Tchibo have them in next xmas as well.
From http://hbd.org :
Brewpaks Mash Tun / Boiler (BMTB) is a modified German Severin 6 (UK) gallon
canning/preserving boiler. It is thermostatically controlled, with a 1.8kW
element. The pot is made from enamelled steel and has two substantial handles
bolted to the top. The bottom of the pot sits slightly in a hard plastic
base,
to the side of which is attached the control unit/thermostat. The overall
standard of construction appears to be very high. It is supplied with a deep
plastic lid and a 'false bottom' made from nickel-plated steel; this is more
of a support grid originally designed to hold canning jars off the heating
element than a useful false bottom. The heating element is not of the
'coiled'
Ritchie type but is instead a slightly raised 6 inch disk in the centre of
the
pot. The thermostat control is marked with three temperature ranges:
"Protein Rest" (47 - 55 Deg C), "Mash"(64-67 Deg C), and "Boil". I carried
out
a trial water boil to establish a few data points. With 6 (UK) gallons in the
pot, there is 1 inch of headspace. The water (initial 23 deg C) took a shade
over an hour to boil. This is already an improvement on my Electrim Bin which
takes 90 minutes to boil 5.5 (UK) gallons of water.
I almost tempted to get one to sell on ebay. You'd be dischuffed if you'd just paid £130 for a brewpaks boiler, wouldn't you! I hope Tchibo have them in next xmas as well.
From http://hbd.org :
Brewpaks Mash Tun / Boiler (BMTB) is a modified German Severin 6 (UK) gallon
canning/preserving boiler. It is thermostatically controlled, with a 1.8kW
element. The pot is made from enamelled steel and has two substantial handles
bolted to the top. The bottom of the pot sits slightly in a hard plastic
base,
to the side of which is attached the control unit/thermostat. The overall
standard of construction appears to be very high. It is supplied with a deep
plastic lid and a 'false bottom' made from nickel-plated steel; this is more
of a support grid originally designed to hold canning jars off the heating
element than a useful false bottom. The heating element is not of the
'coiled'
Ritchie type but is instead a slightly raised 6 inch disk in the centre of
the
pot. The thermostat control is marked with three temperature ranges:
"Protein Rest" (47 - 55 Deg C), "Mash"(64-67 Deg C), and "Boil". I carried
out
a trial water boil to establish a few data points. With 6 (UK) gallons in the
pot, there is 1 inch of headspace. The water (initial 23 deg C) took a shade
over an hour to boil. This is already an improvement on my Electrim Bin which
takes 90 minutes to boil 5.5 (UK) gallons of water.
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Talheedin
I’m interested in getting one of these but after DaaB’s comment about the 1.8KW element I’m not sure whether I should. Does the time taken to boil have any effect other than costing more in electricity? Is the bruheat boiler that has the 2.4kw element the plastic one for around £60? And how long does it take to boil in that one? What would people recommend?
Thanks
Talheedin
Thanks
Talheedin
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As mentioned earlier I have a code to get free delivery also if anyone goes for it.
Enter "mulled" in the search box at the top!
As mentioned earlier I have a code to get free delivery also if anyone goes for it.
Dan!
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my brupak boiler took about 35 mins and that was outside don't know if that's good or bad 
as it was the first time I've use it and only so far.
as it was the first time I've use it and only so far."Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." ~ Dave Barry
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OK.
Assume wort is collected in boiler at 60 degC and that you collect 25L in the boiler.
So we need to raise 25L of wort 40 degrees C.
Boiler has 1800W element.
1W = 1 Joule/second so boiler capable of 1800 Joules/sec.
4184 Joules is the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 °C.
So to increase 25L wort (OK not water) 40 degC then we need :-
25 * 40 * 4184 Joules = 4184000 Joules.
As we worked out earlier out boiler can kick out 1800 Joules/sec.
Therefore it takes 4184000 / 1800 seconds to raise 25L of wort by 40 degC
= 38 minutes....
So pretty close to MrB's experience....
Assume wort is collected in boiler at 60 degC and that you collect 25L in the boiler.
So we need to raise 25L of wort 40 degrees C.
Boiler has 1800W element.
1W = 1 Joule/second so boiler capable of 1800 Joules/sec.
4184 Joules is the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 °C.
So to increase 25L wort (OK not water) 40 degC then we need :-
25 * 40 * 4184 Joules = 4184000 Joules.
As we worked out earlier out boiler can kick out 1800 Joules/sec.
Therefore it takes 4184000 / 1800 seconds to raise 25L of wort by 40 degC
= 38 minutes....
So pretty close to MrB's experience....
Dan!