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| bio | website | boirque.blogspot.com |
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| location | Finland | |
| age | 38 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 2 months |
| seen | Jun 14 at 8:05 | |
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Software Developer interested in craft brewing, snowboarding, cycling, surf, sci-fi, biology and travel. Ah! and computers...
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Mar 1 |
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How to calculate the minimum vessel sizes for all grain brewing Awarding the bounty to MalFet as his answer was the closest to what I asked for. Mdma's answer was nevertheless very insightful on clarifying many issues on calculating these volumes. |
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Mar 1 |
answered | How to calculate the minimum vessel sizes for all grain brewing |
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Feb 26 |
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Marking your brew pot? I use a volume formula on a spreadsheet to calculate the volume: volume = pi * r * r * h |
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Feb 25 |
accepted | Is tin safe on the mash? |
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Feb 24 |
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How to calculate the minimum vessel sizes for all grain brewing Good advice, I'm also looking at that option (actually stated that on my question) but I wanted to explore the possibility of having a full 3 kettle setup. I also feel that question can be useful for others trying to figure out which kind of equipment they need (hence I included the figures for BIAB, Extract and no sparge). |
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Feb 24 |
asked | Is tin safe on the mash? |
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Feb 24 |
accepted | Why is the beer head and head retention important? |
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Feb 24 |
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How to calculate the minimum vessel sizes for all grain brewing Formula application: Volume mash tun = 4 * 5 + 1.67 * 5 = 28.35 l. But if I do for example a batch sparge, using 20l of sparge water for strike I end up with 20l + volume of the grains in the kettle. If then I drain and add my sparge water I end up with the same scenario. Does the grains really use up 8.35 liters of volume? |
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Feb 24 |
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How to calculate the minimum vessel sizes for all grain brewing On the mash tun formula, could you explain why do you take the grain absorption into the formula but don't account for the volume of the grains themselves? Suppose I apply the formula to my constraints: |
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Feb 24 |
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How to calculate the minimum vessel sizes for all grain brewing Good point on the valves, had overlooked that. Unfortunately I just don't have the space for storing 3 40L kettles, even vertically, so will have to get creative there... Perhaps I can find a small valve. |
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Feb 22 |
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when making whiskey what is left of the barley? Are you planning to get hold of those to reuse somehow? As far as I know most of the spent grains produced by the big breweries goes to feed cattle, but some burn it to produce energy |
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Feb 22 |
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when making whiskey what is left of the barley? Yeah, the barley is milled or crushed, depending on the type of mill used, the mill is coarse as we want the barley husks to be as intact as possible, since they act as a 'filter' for the mash. In my opinion, when looking at my spent grains, a lot of fragments are left behind. They look a bit different though, kind of gelatinous/transparent. Wouldn't know how much is left though. |
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Feb 22 |
answered | when making whiskey what is left of the barley? |
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Feb 22 |
asked | Why is the beer head and head retention important? |
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Feb 22 |
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when making whiskey what is left of the barley? Have a look at my question on wheter whisky is made from beer, from a couple of days ago. In special, the linked article on Elliott's answer should be very useful. |
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Feb 22 |
awarded | Promoter |
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Feb 22 |
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Is whisky distilled from beer? Very interesting read on the linked page. One thing that appears to be clearly different on the process is the lack of a boil stage. Is it so that Whisky wort is not boiled before going to ferment? |
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Feb 21 |
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Is whisky distilled from beer? Wouldn't be Bourbon whiskey which is made mainly from corn? |
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Feb 21 |
asked | What are the harms of a boil over? |
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Feb 21 |
asked | Is whisky distilled from beer? |
