samnorfolk
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Ive been informed i can have a burco boiler about 30 litres, anyone use one of these
Yeh I have one and so does baggybill, I bought mine just recent, this is my first brew with it and all went really well.
Ive been lucky enough to be given one! can anyone talk me through how id use it
The link from my post above describes what I did today, am not sure if the boiler you have been given is the same as the one I have.
I would start by filling it with water & seeing what number on the dials give you what temperatures.
Then maybe do some reading about BIAB.
ive done loads of BIAB 10 litre ones. i was just curious in using it, is it the same pricinple use a bag, mash in it, remove grains, then can you boil in it as well
Yes pretty much, I had to add a little water to the resulting mash to obtain my desired brew length 2 litres I think.
So you can use the burco for rhe whole process? I have got a 46 litre cool box i could use for the mash
depending on the mash/sparge a preboil volume for a 23l batch could come close to 30l, so dont do what i did with my first biab brew and overfill the boiler.. give yourself a good 5 cm of height above the liquid level to contain the boil, splashes, and the possible initial foam up as it boils.. no harm boiling a couple of litres on the stove for adding back
or as Smileyr did just liquor back..
imho with a well insulated and prewarmed coldbox tun you can improve efficiency and initial boil clarity of the liquor, BUt you can also wrap up a burco with ãshop camping mats with a bag of grains inside too.. you can brew either way, what do you feel like doing?? Whicever appeals the most to you is probably the best way to go
The reason I did everything in the Burco was because I could also the thermostat on there allows for this, doing so saves cleaning and the need for insulated cool box as a mash tun, I aim for 19 litres at the finish (for the cornies) and to achieve this I am having to brew to 22 litres at the moment as once you leave the trub/yeast slurry behind thats about what you end up with.
lemon juice, vinegar or citric acid will all eat/soften limescale build up.. if up the pot wall use tissue paper (bogroll) to adhere the liquid to the perpendicular surface (moisten tissue and slap it on the wall and keep it moist with your choice of agent..
an overnight soak will eat it or if really heavy soften it for a scrub back..
a batch sparge is an easier job and less hassle as no need to balance 2 x flows. also with your target preboil volume a known quantity after batch sparge #1 you will have collected X litres of liquor so preboil target volume - X = batch sparge 2 volume
just my view..
also when i say a benefit of mashing in a seperate tun can provide a clearer pre boil liquor, a bit of flour isnt gonna matter and will drop out as trub anyway, ive jugged back the mash tun volume twice over on occasions or its felt like it and until i did a recirculated mash i never had a crystal clear preboil liquor but the beer was fine
some folk tho have posted pics of mash liquor clearer than may a finished commercial pint (envy envy..)
Ah ok do you get good clarity in the beer? Also I've just picked it up (I'm like a little kid at christmas!) It has got some limescale any ideas best way to clean is
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