Advice for friend in Zambia 24 or150l

[bcp]

Have a friend in Zambia and he's interested in brewing, and so has set himself up for Biab. With a few local challenge dilemmas.

He bought a24 litre pot for$150 (welcome to Zambia). The only alternative is to get a150 litre pot. (As I said, welcome to Zambia). He wants to do 19litre batches or
higher. Not interested in small batches.

I just can't see 19 litres from a 24l pot. I'm not sure you could get the concentration of sugars to water it down later, but I've never tried. Advice? Which pot? Can he do 24 l in a 150l pot?

 

[Yob]

he could always do partials and add in some DME if he could get hold of some?

 

[Truman42]

he could always do partials and add in some DME if he could get hold of some?

Probably could at $65 per kg (Welcome to Zambia)

 

[pedleyr]

Have a friend in Zambia and he's interested in brewing, and so has set himself up for Biab. With a few local challenge dilemmas.

He bought a24 litre pot for$150 (welcome to Zambia). The only alternative is to get a150 litre pot. (As I said, welcome to Zambia). He wants to do 19litre batches or
higher. Not interested in small batches.

I just can't see 19 litres from a 24l pot. I'm not sure you could get the concentration of sugars to water it down later, but I've never tried. Advice? Which pot? Can he do 24 l in a 150l pot?

Some people use the 19 litre Big W pots to do full batch BIAB, and call it "Maxi BIAB" (eg http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/59609-maxi-biab-and-post-boil-dilution/).

It is basically making a concentrated wort and diluting. I can't find the exact thread now on here explaining how it is done, but if you Google Maxi BIAB you'll get the idea. There is also good discussion here.

 

[Lecterfan]

Stovetop maxi biab. Not here to argue for against the method in general, but 19l of 1.050 wort from a 24l pot can be done. Another alternative is as Yob suggests add back some dry malt at the end of the boil. Also when I do stovetop milds (sometimes do this as 'double brew day') I quite often mash high but add up to 10-20% simple sugars (mash high for mouthfeel). Heaps of options.

Edit: the ringer looks around and he's beaten by a blow...

 

[NewtownClown]

Ahhhh... Fond memories of Zambia in the 90's

Chibuku!! Shake Shake! Sorghum and corn beer sold in 2 litre milk-type cartons

 

[stakka82]

Out of interest, will your friend be able to get decently priced malt?

 

[Diggs]

I've just done about 20lt out of a 20lt put using the maxi BIAB method, worked great although I made a huge mess (first time).