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Would only do 50L boils in it.

Thanks for the dimensions mate I was going to aim for a 80L capacity. I was a bit concerned on maybe not getting a good enough boil to get rid of DMS due to the tall skinny size, if I go a head with this I might just do 90min as a minimum.

G'day Brewers!, I've got a question about boil kettles?, I've got my hands on a stainless steel tank that I was thinking of cutting down so that I can do 50L boils. The dimensions are 360mm X 1500mm which will fit my frame perfectly. Would the long skinny type of kettle have any negative effect...

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Hi bob, just try say a grain to water ratio of 3L/Kg, for this brew that's 16.7L of strike water, then you will have to add your boil off water to your final 23L witch should give you 26.6L pre boil?. So sparge with 9.9L, this is sort of how I use to work mine out, all I did was just sparge till...

Well I just tested the refractometer and it was out 3 points!... Probably should of done that first, thanks for the help guys!.

I use a refractometer, I might test it today and double check the dip stick as well.

Antiphile, I've set that up in the beginning, I'm losing 5 litres an hour through my system, I might double check my measuring stick.., not sure why all of a sudden I'm missing OG points though as I'm using the same tools?.

I'm using a " dip stick ", it's accurate to half a litre...

Ive got a bimetal gauge in the mash tun that "monitors" the mash temp, but I have a temp gauge on the outlet of the HERMS coil as well which I use to control the temp, and I only lose about .2-.1 deg through the mash but to answer your question where to control it front?, it should be on the...

G'day!, it's not a big issue but I'm trying to work out what, or if I'm doing something wrong.., the last few batches I've done I'm hitting all targets except my original gravity, I'm missing it by 3-4 points but I hit my pre boil gravity/ volumes and post boil volume but I'm down a couple of OG...

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Oh ok well that's good, yeah I'm still learning and getting a hang of it, So if I'm getting a large boil off rate would I bump up my mash in and mash out water by a couple of litres each? What software or charts do you use to work it out?, as my set up is real basic....