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Author Topic: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain  (Read 2576 times)

Offline darvyle

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Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« on: November 22, 2010, 06:43:19 am »
I'm looking to upgrade from my 5 gallon extract setup to 10 gallon all grain.  These are things I'm looking for if you have any and live in the Philadelphia, PA area send me a PM with a Pic of the item you are willing to sell we can haggle over price.

15-20 gallon Pot
Mash Tun - I like bigger beers (as denny says life starts 60... 1.060)
Grain Mill - Something that i can attach my drill to for quick milling
Burner w/stand - I'm thinking i need something in the 200k btu and my 55k burner won't cut the mustard

Offline oscarvan

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Re: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 08:12:19 pm »
200K? I'm getting 100K burners and those are insanely large.....you sure about that?

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One BTU is the amount of energy needed to heat one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit

So, ten gallons for easy math is 10*8.3= 83 pounds. If you want to raise that one degree you need 83 BTU's, so one hundred degrees (to get to 150º give or take) is 8300 BTU's so 8300/200000*60=2.49 minutes..... yeah, that's fast enough..... :o

(Someone set me straight if my math is effed up.....)
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Offline tygo

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Re: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 09:45:32 pm »
For the mash tun, if you want to batch sparge look for deals on a 70 qt coleman xtreme cooler.  I just checked Amazon and it doesn't look like there's a good deal on them right now but I got mine for $36 and free shipping when I bought it.
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Offline stlaleman

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Re: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2010, 03:07:28 am »
Check out brewhemoth.com and the Penrose Kettle

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Re: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2010, 05:24:21 am »
For the mash tun, if you want to batch sparge look for deals on a 70 qt coleman xtreme cooler.  I just checked Amazon and it doesn't look like there's a good deal on them right now but I got mine for $36 and free shipping when I bought it.

That's EXACTLY the one I am looking at....... Walmart has it cheap, as much as I hate the joint.
Wooden Shoe Brew Works (not a commercial operation) Bethlehem, PA
http://www.woodenshoemusic.com/WSBW/WSBW_All_grain_Setup.html
I brew WITH style..... not necessarily TO style.....

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Re: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2010, 11:03:29 am »
200K? I'm getting 100K burners and those are insanely large.....you sure about that?

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One BTU is the amount of energy needed to heat one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit

So, ten gallons for easy math is 10*8.3= 83 pounds. If you want to raise that one degree you need 83 BTU's, so one hundred degrees (to get to 150º give or take) is 8300 BTU's so 8300/200000*60=2.49 minutes..... yeah, that's fast enough..... :o

(Someone set me straight if my math is effed up.....)

The math assumes that no heat is lost to the surrounding air, or anywhere else.  (so it may take you a little bit longer) :)
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Offline maxieboy

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Re: Wanted - Upgrading to 10 gallon batches and all grain
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2010, 04:52:42 pm »
For the mash tun, if you want to batch sparge look for deals on a 70 qt coleman xtreme cooler.  I just checked Amazon and it doesn't look like there's a good deal on them right now but I got mine for $36 and free shipping when I bought it.

That's EXACTLY the one I am looking at....... Walmart has it cheap, as much as I hate the joint.

Ya can't go wrong with the 70 qt. Extreme, IMO, unless you get it in blue.   It seems to have been designed as a MLT more so than a cooler! Basically zero deadspace. Love mine.
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