Finally got tired of trying to boil 7 gal of wort in a 7.5 gal BK, so I picked this up at the LHBS tonight:
15.5 gal should keep the wort in the kettle and off the ground.
Finally got tired of trying to boil 7 gal of wort in a 7.5 gal BK, so I picked this up at the LHBS tonight:
15.5 gal should keep the wort in the kettle and off the ground.
Yeah, although I had a boil over today with 6 gallons in a 15G keggle… :o (needless to say I wasn’t paying attention…)
So even with the 15.5 gal, it isn’t “set it and forget it”?
Depends. If you’re doing a 5 gallon batch less risk, but getting 10 gallons into the fermenter out of a 15.5 BK- no. Not enough room for the foam to collapse back upon itself. Though with anti-foam, as the foam begins to rise- hit it with a few drops and bam! No more foam and you can walk away. Then there’s how vigorous the boil is. Still might splatter a bit. I went for a 20 and have to watch it like a hawk if I put 15 gallons into it. I had it nearly to the brim with 18 on more than one occasion. Woohoo. Keep a few towels handy…
Have fun that is one gorgeous kettle.
Thanks Euge!
I may occasionally do a 10 gal batch, but don’t really plan on it. I was just tired of having to sit right next to the pot during a boil on boil over duty. On a 60 min boil I usually have just over 7 gals of wort and for a 90 min boil I have almost 7.5 gals; it just got too frustrating for me. Hopefully this will let me do a bit of cleaning while boiling the wort.
Plus it’s shiny! ;D
I’ve always wondered how those kettles are. Is the SS pretty solid?
I too was doing 7 gallons in a 7.5 gallon kettle, but ungraded to a 10 gallon Megapot. Even now it’s still pretty close to the top ( boiling 8-9 gallons of wort to end up with 6 ), but a few drops of Fermcap-S puts my mind at ease a bit.
Hey, Euge is this the stuff you’re talking about?
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/ANTIFOAM-P2235.aspx
It says a few drops in and Erlenmeier… how’s that translate to a keggle?
Hey, Euge is this the stuff you’re talking about?
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/ANTIFOAM-P2235.aspx
It says a few drops in and Erlenmeier… how’s that translate to a keggle?
Shouldn’t make a difference. I’m pretty sure it’s the same as this:
It also works very well for the boil.
I use this: Five Star Defoamer 105 (similar to Fermcap-S)
I recently got the 6 gallon version of that kettle that I was planning to use as a fermenter but it leaked like a sieve at the handle rivets :(. I thought it looked and felt like a good kettle, but I was quite disappointed with it.
Hey, Euge is this the stuff you’re talking about?
http://www.williamsbrewing.com/ANTIFOAM-P2235.aspx
It says a few drops in and Erlenmeier… how’s that translate to a keggle?
It’s most likely the same as this
An anti-foam agent that can be used during fermentation to eliminate messy blowoff. As soon as fermentation is over, this insoluble compound settles out and remains behind when the beer is racked.
Price: USD 4.99
Except I have a 16 ounce bottle of it, a lifetime supply.
I use it in the boil - three or four drops stops the boil-over.