micklupulo
Landlord.
I hope it is OK to start a fresh thread on this as the ones I have found are getting on a bit and my question seems to be rather removed from them. I am soon returning to AG after a massive break and am a bit rusty. I have a very old Electrim boiler and years ago would mash in it then sparge with sufficient water to bring the volume in it to the required level for boiling at the rate of 5l per kg. of malt but to a max of 20l as I was nervous about a bigger boil. See picture attached. The instructions for the 23l litre AG kit I have bought require 16l of water for the mash but also 16l for the sparge which even allowing for water retained in the grain and some boil off would result in more than 23l. Apart from that I do not think I can boil more than 20l or possibly 22l absolute max. Something is wrong somewhere (probably me) though I would add that most of the AG I did years ago turned out fine so help please!