Kettle Size For 5 Gal Brews

[chiasson]

Hi all,

My wife bought me a 10 Gal kettle for XMas. I've done some reading and I'm thinking I should have asked her to get me the 15 GAL version. What are the limitations of the 10GAl kettle with BIAB? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Jimmy]

15g is definitely what you would want for a 5g BIAB pot. 10g can work, but it will be pretty tight, and higher gravity brews will take some juggling. I'd suggest returning the 10g for the 15 if you can; it will make your brew day a whole lot easier.

[Jimmy]

Your other option is to go the cooler BIAB method and use your pot strictly for heating strike water and boiling. This would eliminate the size problem because for a 5g batch, the most you would have in the pot would be about 9g - less if you wanted to do a sparge...

[chiasson]

Your advice is very much appreciated!!! The info on the big forums can be so vague and hard to decipher at times. I really appreciate the straigth forward answer from someone with experience.

At this point I'm not really interested in a multi-vessel system; it's going back. It'll be worth the hassle of mailing it back and waiting. In the end I'll have exactly what I need and won't have to worry about not having the volume to brew.

Just need a burner and a bag now.

Thanks again!

[canuck]

Your advice is very much appreciated!!! The info on the big forums can be so vague and hard to decipher at times. I really appreciate the straigth forward answer from someone with experience.

At this point I'm not really interested in a multi-vessel system; it's going back. It'll be worth the hassle of mailing it back and waiting. In the end I'll have exactly what I need and won't have to worry about not having the volume to brew.

Just need a burner and a bag now.

Thanks again!

Jimmy sells custom made bags so you're in the right place for that as well.

[Antler]

A 10g pot can be fine, it's all I use. My highest OG so far is 1.060, and that was the limit for full volume, but If you want to make high gravity beers you can mash with 5-6 gallons, and then top up with water before you start to boil. Before I bought my 10g pot I used to do 5 gallon batches in an 8 gallon kettle.

[chiasson]

I know I could make it work but I'm trying to make my setup as simple as possible, at this point at least. I also like how the 15 gal pot can be incorporated into a 3 vessel system at some point that's capable of 10 gal batches. I sent er back. Thanks for all the advice.

[chiasson]

Santa came a day early. This thing is frickin HUGE!

[mr x]

That's a nice pot. Who is Santa's wholesaler?

[chiasson]

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[sleepyjamie]

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