BANG!

[JohnQ]

I'm experiencing brewery envy!

So is the brewery from High Gravity?

Yes.

Blichmann is back ordered on all of the kettles, but he had 2 20s and a 30 in stock and is starting the build today.
JQ

[brew]

This is very cool! New meaning to "club brew day"...  

[Kyle]

what is your plan for venting steam?

[JohnQ]

There's a bathroom fan there now, plus I'm planning on a hood.  Maybe a rubbermade :shock: with the hydro fan, haven't decided yet.  Just knowing that with a 30 gallon kettle there will be a fair bit of steam coming off that puppy, so I'll likely see what it looks like before making a final decision.

The bathroom is on an outside wall, so the venting will be easy either way.  I just installed the venting in the Kitchen last week, it will be the same kind of work, a couple of hours at most.

JQ

[chrismccull]

Clowater could make a custom fume hood for you, it wouldn't be that much.

[JohnQ]

Clowater could make a custom fume hood for you, it wouldn't be that much.

That's a great idea, might think about that one, and then look at the fan in the other thread that's hooked up to the Rubbermaid!

JQ

[fakr]

JohnQ, I'm speaking completely out of envy here, but if you had have posted this in the "Auld Sláinte Rambling House" forum, you would have broken it's only rule:

"Forum rules

Don't be an asshole."

Haha!

[JohnQ]

So I've been playing with Beersmith to see what happens when the recipes are scaled up to batches that we could split 5 ways, shooting for 22.5 gallon batches that could be split into 5 cornies...


The first one I tried was the GDTDiePA.

Total Grain Weight...66.5 pounds
Total Hops...2 pounds

Thing is, the 20 gallon Mash Tun that Blichmann recommends can't handle the volume of water required for a batch like that, in fact to get it into a single running would require scaling it back to about 16 gallons.

Anyone know if it's common to do 2 mashes on a big beer like that, then combine for a single boil?

JQ

[Richard]

Common... whatever. Not a problem.. yes.

[Dave Savoie]

So I've been playing with Beersmith to see what happens when the recipes are scaled up to batches that we could split 5 ways, shooting for 22.5 gallon batches that could be split into 5 cornies...


The first one I tried was the GDTDiePA.

Total Grain Weight...66.5 pounds
Total Hops...2 pounds

Thing is, the 20 gallon Mash Tun that Blichmann recommends can't handle the volume of water required for a batch like that, in fact to get it into a single running would require scaling it back to about 16 gallons.

Anyone know if it's common to do 2 mashes on a big beer like that, then combine for a single boil?

JQ

[Richard]

Nice post Dave.

[Kyle]

I saw that, figured it was being edited, I guess Dave was speechless  :mrgreen:

[Dave Savoie]

Lol was only half paying attention to what I was doing

[JohnQ]

Got notice last night it has shipped!
JQ

[Richard]

Winning.