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   1. How big a pot do I need to get a brew length of 23L

      by Snotpooodle, 15 years ago in BIABrewer.info and BIAB for New Members

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      Hi Everyone,
      
      Moving from Kit (skipping Extract) to all grain BIAB.
      
      Want to get my hands on a pot (i have gas burner + bag), but not sure how big a pot I need.
      
      My FV is a plastic bin (25L - standard coopers plastic one) with airlock.
      
      How big does my pot need to be so that I can add water + grains and come out with enough to fill my FV, but obviously leave space for krausen etc. I am not sure on the calculations involved, but pretty sure with boiling off and adding grain, a 25L pot is too...

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      Nice work Paul. I think you'll be really pleased with the versatility of the 70 litre pot :thumbs:.
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      PistolPatch
      14 years ago
   2. BIAB 1st go, (and a little Coopers kit thrown)

      by Snotpooodle, 15 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      So i guess its obviously not a true BIAB brew, but here is what i did on the weekend.
      
      12L stockpot
      500g Crystal
      200g Caramalt
      
      40g Cascade Hops (4.6%)
      20g Pearle Hops (9%)
      
      All grains in a lovely voile grain bag steeping at around 65C for 30 mins, with Cascade in at 30, and Pearle in at 15mins to go.
      
      Got myself around 10L of beautifully sweet and hoppy wort, pitched the Coopers Canadian Blonde can in, and 1 kg of 500DME and 500 dex) which i popped into the fermenter and topped up to 23L with...

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      All round, a beautiful specimen, om nom nom
      
      :lol: :lol: :lol:
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      Yeasty
      15 years ago

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