I've got a small 6kg propane cylinder and I reckon I've had it burning for 9-10 hrs so far. Only four brews but it takes 30 mins to get t strike temp and then 90 mins for wort to reafh boil and stay there for an hour. Trick is to get two cylinders so if one runs out mid boil you can switch quickly
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I've got a small 6kg propane cylinder and I reckon I've had it burning for 9-10 hrs so far. Only four brews but it takes 30 mins to get t strike temp and then 90 mins for wort to reafh boil and stay there for an hour. Trick is to get two cylinders so if one runs out mid boil you can switch quickly
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Cheers, i was more worried that you would only get 1 or maybe 2 brews out of a cylinder. 4 to 5 would be perfect.
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The below is something I posted when I first started using gas. Back of fag packet calculations, 90 minute boil.
'Had a trial run today. 25 litres upto 76�c in 45 minutes, rolling boil in 75 minutes, and used 200g of butane in the process. So a brew day I reckon will use 500g. 4.5kg cylinder, so 9 - 10 brews out of it.'
I've since moved on to 13.5kg cylinders (one in use and one spare) so no matter how enthusiastic I get I should never run out!
'Had a trial run today. 25 litres upto 76�c in 45 minutes, rolling boil in 75 minutes, and used 200g of butane in the process. So a brew day I reckon will use 500g. 4.5kg cylinder, so 9 - 10 brews out of it.'
I've since moved on to 13.5kg cylinders (one in use and one spare) so no matter how enthusiastic I get I should never run out!
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