![]() ![]() I also have a pair of 2.5 gal cornys that I got on sale. I have a dozen 5 gal cornys that I picked up cheap. Mostly I'm working with what I already have on hand, then deciding what I would like to add to the mix. I wasn't looking at the option to brew big beers per se, but that could be an option down the road. My thinking w/that decision was that I have 5G kegs (and 2 1.75G kegs.) anyways, and the level of effort with a big/small batch is the same anyways so. I decided to cancel it and received confirmation yesterday. I received the Foundry 2 months ago, and I still haven't received it. I did decide to order the small batch ring w/my order to kind of satisfy my inkling towards originally thinking about the 6.5G unit. I also dreaded the idea of possibly deciding to upgrade later since I feel like my original path into brewing last December was to purchase a Picobrew and that burned a fairly large hole in my pocket. Fast forward a couple of months and I'm only 2 brews in, but not dealing with the mash tun from a connections, space, clutter standpoint.golden. ![]() I have a cooler mash tun, smaller batches seemed more appealing/reasonable. I was at one time considering the 6.5G version myself for much the same reasons you have. ![]() So one could make a reasonable assumption that you'd be fine? Possibly send an email to Anvil directly, they might provide a definitive answer? The malt pipe, along w/the 8 lbs of grain are displacing a fairly large amount of space in the boil kettle portion of the Foundry. The manual states that if you have 8 lbs of grain, utilizing a no-sparge method and are running 240V, you need 4.8 gallons of water. Since you're only looking at utilizing the Anvil as a boil kettle. I think.the answers you're looking for aside from somebody with a 6.5 answering your question directly might be in the manual. It does seem doable to me, but it would be close to the limit. But I'd definitely keep an eye on the kettle once it's getting close to boiling, for the first couple batches at least. 5.5 gallons would be a good starting point. If you're only targeting 4.5 gallons, you can obviously use less than 5.75 gallons as your starting point. Once the boil gets going and you're done with the hot break, you'll get a nice rolling boil but it won't be strong enough to overflow the kettle. A 6.5 gallon kettle would be pushing it unless you were there to stir the wort right when it gets to a boil. After an hour-long boil, I'm down to 5.25 gallons and after filtering out the hop sludge, I get 5 gallons into the fermenter. When I have both elements on, it's closer to a full gallon so you'd need more starting water if you used the full 1600W in the Foundry.Īnyway, I typically have 5.75 gallons after my mash, but it swells to 6 gallons once it reaches a boil. I have about 0.5 gallons of evaporation over the course of an hour. I turn off the smaller element during the boil, leaving only the 1000W element to do the work. Do you know if it's a single element? With the Digiboil, there's a 1000W element and a 500W element. So if you did want to, you can go above 4.5 as your starting point.įor the foundry, the 120v option is 1600W. I typically get some blowoff, but not too much. I add fermcap and set up a blowoff tube for the first 3 days. I ferment right around 5 full gallons in the keg (I fill it up to the top, just where it starts to curve). ![]() One thing to keep in mind is that you don't necessarily need to limit yourself to 4.5 gallons. I don't have a foundry, but I have the 120V Digiboil and I ferment in kegs. Great info everyone, I've learned alot just by reading. How close would I be pushing it after accounting for hop/trub loss in the kettle (and avoiding boil overs) to get 4.5 gal of wort into the fermenter, 5.5 gallons pre-boil ish? Has anybody tried this? (I like the variety with smaller batches, 5 gal of any one is tough to work thru these days). The 10.5 is currently a bit on the big side for the brews I'm planning, based on what I've been reading in the thread. The 6.5 is recommended for 3 gal or smaller batches, but that was assuming kettle volume would be needed to account for the grain in the pipe during mashing, which I'd only use occasionally. So I'm only looking at the foundry as a decent boil kettle for the majority of my batches.īeing able to use 120V or 240V with the proper outlets out of the gate is a distinct advantage compared to other similar options. I am keeping the 10 gal round cooler mash tun + brew bag a buddy of mine used with his old propane setup for MIAB/batch sparging. I realize this will limit my batch size to approx 4.5 gal into the fermenter/keg, which is fine as smaller batches work better for me, but I'd prefer to maximize my volume in the fermenter if possible. Looking to ferment in corny kegs, as I have several 5 gal I just picked up for a song. ![]()
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