Extract brewing a monster ris with a 3 gallon pot.

[Wernerherzog]

Hey,

I've done two batches so far and am wanting to go for a crazy thick ris a la bourbon county, avery meph., dfh wwstout, insert whatever... However, I'm a bit concerned that recipe calling for so much extract might would cause problems in a three gallon pot. I'm thinking of shooting for roughly 16 lbs of pale lme here. 10 is the most I've ever dumped in the thing. Any experiences here?

 

[Shinglejohn]

Do yourself a favor and just get a bigger pot. 5 gal at least for extract.

 

[Guden]

I agree that you should get a larger brew pot if you want to do such a big brew. While 16 lbs of LME is less than a gallon in itself it would be near impossible to get the type of hop extraction you would need to balance that beer from this small of a boil.