Put on your flame suit. I did this last year in a home depot bucket and got torn to pieces on this board. Here's a link to my ghetto brew kit:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/ghetto-brew-kit-369699/
Your going to love electric and the PID.
Your going want to circulate that strike water with a pump.
Those $8 pond pumps from harbor freight work great. Don't boil it :)
No, you can't just plug it and unplug it. You WILL burn the wort that way.
At a minimum you must pulse the element to control the boil.
You don't need a PID, but good PIDs have boil control, so you can kill 2 birds with one stone.
Hi Guys,
1. You're going to need a bigger kettle for 10 gallon batches of high gravity brews. 15 gallon ain't gonna cut it.
2. Basket - you don't need so stinking basket :)
3. If you got the amps go 5500w
4. Home depot has a nice element for ~$20.
5. Keep it simple on the...
I grind once. I set my Cereal Killer gap with a credit card.
I don't calculate efficiency.
3-4 hoppers for 10 gallons makes good beer.
No burnt batches after I started using the PWM.
One thing I should add. I pull off some wort for a starter before I begin the boil. I guess you could...
Here's how I do it.
Ekeggle with PID
1. Bring the strike water up to temp- throw a harbor freight $8 pump in to circulate the water for even heat.
2. Turn the PID off, pull the pump out, and mash in.
3. Wrap the keggle with a blanket.
4. Come back in 30 minutes to an hour (no I don't stir...
Yeah if you can swing an 8 gallon pot go for it.
Start with an IPA. Until you get your mashing skills dialed in, you can hide your mistakes with hops.
When your kung fu improves, you can do some malty beers.
Good luck!
Hey Kevin, Having burnt 2 batches myself I feel your pain. I assume that you're running less than 100% on the boil. If not, then you need to work on that.
The other issue is it looks like your direct firing the mash. I don't have any experience with that, but from what I've read on here...