karlos_1984 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Hairy said: When I did 3 vessel brewing, I used a 1m steel ruler to measure volume in my 50 litre pot. I made a chart of the measurements and laminated it. It worked well. Ah yeah, awesome. That was my plan this morning. Great minds think alike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 minute ago, karlos_1984 said: Great minds think alike If you think like me then you must be one sick puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Corner Brewing Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 23 hours ago, Hermoor said: has anyone added a ball valve to their big w pot? Any problems? Yep. Works like a beauty. The only thing I would do would be to add a big ass stainless washer on the inside of the pot as it flexes quite a bit during use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos_1984 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I just measured my big W "19 ltr" pot. It actually only holds 18 ltrs. It won't quite fit 19 ltrs. Will make future recipe calculations a bit easier to work out though I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos_1984 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 did me first biab on the stove yesterday. Ended up doing a 90min mash, then drained and sparged back up to 15 ltrs. I got a good rolling boil without the lid on as I think some of the hot break helped with having less surface area exposed. My boil off rate of 3 ltrs per hour as tested with just water the other day was higher than what eventuated this time. I boiled the wort uncovered and at the end of an hour had 13.5 ltrs remaining, so half of the rate I tested the other day. No chilled overnight and transferred to FV today, with 11.5 ltrs (loss from hops, break, trub). Preboil gravity was 1041 (15 ltrs), post boil gravity was 1052 (11.5 ltrs). Im guessing these are decent figures but not entirely sure. Should get me a 5%ish beer. Hopefully it turns out well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Sounds like it went pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos_1984 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I didn't use any whirfloc or otherwise. Might have to cold crash this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Last time I forgot kettle finings, even a dose of isinglass and polyclar as well as two months cold in a keg didn't clear it up. Not saying that'll necessarily happen with yours, but it's possible. The problem in mine was that the hot break didn't settle out very well post boil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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