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So I recently picked up a 10 gallon electric fired brew kettle with controller. I was originally thinking I just wanted to go electric for the ease of operation and precise control. But now that I added the eKettle to my setup, and I have learned a lot more, I am kind of torn on what I want to do with it. So here is a list of equipment that I currently own, and then I'll explain what I see myself brewing with this, hypothetical, setup.
10 gallon Brew Built e-Kettle 240v 5500w element with PID controller
10 gallon SS Brew Kettle with ball valve
10 gallon SS Kettle no ball valve (has included basket)
10 gallon Igloo Cooler Mash Tun with False Bottom and Ball Valve
2 - steel head 2.0 pumps
and all the rest of the goodies to brew batches.... Refractometer, hydrometer, fermenters, etc. etc....
Now I realize that with whatever way I go, I am ONLY going to be doing 5 gal batches on this system. It's the equipment I already have, and if I ever decide to go to 10 or 15 gallons, I'd be purchasing all new equipment anyway. SO, I am wanting to design the best configured system to make VERY good 5 gal batches.
Now I realize that VERY good beers depend a lot more on what you do AFTER you mash your grains, so that's why I want to design something with what I already have, so any extra dollars can go towards a fermentation chamber of some sort.
So with the equipment that I already have, what would be the recommended setup to do 5 gal all grain batches?
brew hardware false bottom and 400 micron wilserbag and do BIAB
2 vessel setup using cooler mash tun with bag in it
3 vessel setup of some sort
and what are the benefits of each.....
Thanks
10 gallon Brew Built e-Kettle 240v 5500w element with PID controller
10 gallon SS Brew Kettle with ball valve
10 gallon SS Kettle no ball valve (has included basket)
10 gallon Igloo Cooler Mash Tun with False Bottom and Ball Valve
2 - steel head 2.0 pumps
and all the rest of the goodies to brew batches.... Refractometer, hydrometer, fermenters, etc. etc....
Now I realize that with whatever way I go, I am ONLY going to be doing 5 gal batches on this system. It's the equipment I already have, and if I ever decide to go to 10 or 15 gallons, I'd be purchasing all new equipment anyway. SO, I am wanting to design the best configured system to make VERY good 5 gal batches.
Now I realize that VERY good beers depend a lot more on what you do AFTER you mash your grains, so that's why I want to design something with what I already have, so any extra dollars can go towards a fermentation chamber of some sort.
So with the equipment that I already have, what would be the recommended setup to do 5 gal all grain batches?
brew hardware false bottom and 400 micron wilserbag and do BIAB
2 vessel setup using cooler mash tun with bag in it
3 vessel setup of some sort
and what are the benefits of each.....
Thanks