Hello all
I need to upgrade my current Mash Tun to something better insulated as my homemade insulated fermenting bucket is not quite keeping the temperature I was hoping it would. It was only really meant to get me onto the AG ladder, which it has done.
I am currently brewing batches of 20 â 25l but I am want to be able to occasionally do brews of twice that size and also moving on to using Herms in the future. I am thinking that the best way to go is a Nordic / French thermopot as that would help me later on with setting up a herms system.
My question is that if I bought a 50L thermopot as a tun then for batch sizes of 20-25L (non herms) itâs going to be less than half full with grain and liquor, so I am wondering how much of a problem that empty space will have on maintaining its temperature over a 90min mash.
Basically I am trying to future proof my brewing kit rather than having to spend money on upgrading kit which would end up being obsolete if I start doing herms later on.
Has anyone got any experience of using a thermopot half full over a 90 min mash and what sort of temperatures was it loosing? If it was loosing too much heat is there any issues with draining off of some liquid, reheating it in a pan and adding it back to the mash to help maintain the temperature again.
Any experience on this would be great.
Cheers all.
I need to upgrade my current Mash Tun to something better insulated as my homemade insulated fermenting bucket is not quite keeping the temperature I was hoping it would. It was only really meant to get me onto the AG ladder, which it has done.
I am currently brewing batches of 20 â 25l but I am want to be able to occasionally do brews of twice that size and also moving on to using Herms in the future. I am thinking that the best way to go is a Nordic / French thermopot as that would help me later on with setting up a herms system.
My question is that if I bought a 50L thermopot as a tun then for batch sizes of 20-25L (non herms) itâs going to be less than half full with grain and liquor, so I am wondering how much of a problem that empty space will have on maintaining its temperature over a 90min mash.
Basically I am trying to future proof my brewing kit rather than having to spend money on upgrading kit which would end up being obsolete if I start doing herms later on.
Has anyone got any experience of using a thermopot half full over a 90 min mash and what sort of temperatures was it loosing? If it was loosing too much heat is there any issues with draining off of some liquid, reheating it in a pan and adding it back to the mash to help maintain the temperature again.
Any experience on this would be great.
Cheers all.
