tophmck
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Hi all,
New brewer here, thinking about jumping straight into all-grain. I'm trying to pick equipment, but I live in a condo and am thus severely space constrained. I've done a bunch of searching, but I haven't been able to track down threads where people are specifically trying to minimize the space needed to store their equipment.
Due to my space constraints, 5 gallon batches is as large as I'll go, although it would be nice to be able to pull off high grain bill recipes. Also, I'm hoping to use my kitchen stove for the boil, so I'll need a kettle that's wide enough to span two burners (around 16").
From poking around, it seems like there are a few options:
1. Use a regular three vessel brew system. If I go this route, I'd really need all three containers to nest (like a russian doll) for storage. Can anyone recommend equipment that would do this?
2. Use a single 10 or 15 gallon pot with a false bottom and ball-lock valve as a mash tun, drain the wort into a bucket, then reuse the mash tun as the brew kettle. (In other words, no sparge.) The bucket would be stored inside the pot. (With this equipment I could allow try aussie-style BIAB.)
3. A compromise would be DeathBrewer's method, which requires two pots, but they could be smaller.
Any thoughts? For efficiency, I guess 1>3>2? I'm leaning toward option 1, but only if I can come up with a compact set of equipment.
Thanks!
New brewer here, thinking about jumping straight into all-grain. I'm trying to pick equipment, but I live in a condo and am thus severely space constrained. I've done a bunch of searching, but I haven't been able to track down threads where people are specifically trying to minimize the space needed to store their equipment.
Due to my space constraints, 5 gallon batches is as large as I'll go, although it would be nice to be able to pull off high grain bill recipes. Also, I'm hoping to use my kitchen stove for the boil, so I'll need a kettle that's wide enough to span two burners (around 16").
From poking around, it seems like there are a few options:
1. Use a regular three vessel brew system. If I go this route, I'd really need all three containers to nest (like a russian doll) for storage. Can anyone recommend equipment that would do this?
2. Use a single 10 or 15 gallon pot with a false bottom and ball-lock valve as a mash tun, drain the wort into a bucket, then reuse the mash tun as the brew kettle. (In other words, no sparge.) The bucket would be stored inside the pot. (With this equipment I could allow try aussie-style BIAB.)
3. A compromise would be DeathBrewer's method, which requires two pots, but they could be smaller.
Any thoughts? For efficiency, I guess 1>3>2? I'm leaning toward option 1, but only if I can come up with a compact set of equipment.
Thanks!