suggested kettle size for 10 gallon batches

It may seem like over kill but I would use at least a 20 gallon pot. Here is a picture of what my 20 gallon batch looks like in a 40 gallon stock pot.

 

I do 10 gallon boils, well 11+ gallons really, in a keggle. Yeah, legally obtained etc...
A keggle is 15.5 gallons and works well enough. Going to a bigger pot is possible, but I can tell you that the keggle is far from portable and I need to set up and break down my equipment each time I brew. Humping a keg around the house is enough for me.

13 gallons in a keggle is probably asking for trouble imo.

Cheers.

 

I bet you're right. A semi-local Brewpub uses a Brew Magic half barrel system and IIRC they max out at 12 gallon batches with it.

 

Are you going to be using your current burner? What are you currently using?

Probably 25% of my batches are still 5 gal (High OG brews and Winter indoor brews)

Keggles are perfect size for 10 gal batches (if you hang around for hot break and/or use fermcap)

Don't get rid of your 8 gal kettle...it will come in handy I predict : )

 

I use 15 gallon brew pots. I normally start with 13 gallons of wort for my 10 gallon batches.

 

15 gallon

 

I use a 17.5 gallon kettle for 11 gallon batches. Had 16 gallons to boil last Saturday for my Saison.

 

What's causing these ginormous boil-off rates? You guys using 5' diameter kettles or something? I would have expected boil-off gal/hr to be more or less inversely proportional to batch size

 

15g = minimal (and more of a challenge to make full 10g batches of imperial strength beers)
20g = extra comfortable
in between = comfortable

 

I use a 15.5 keggle for my my 10 gallon batches. I made a 13 gallon batch and I had to stay right next to it for a while. If you don't plan on making larger batches. I think they are great.

 

Mine is fairly wide and I have a boil off rate of 1.5 gallons per hour. I also use a pump, lots of pellet hops, and don't squeeze every last drop out of my kettle. I finally got my system dialed in so that I can whirlpool, and then pump to the fermentors with minimal uptake of trub/hops, good flow, and hit 11-11.5 gallons. I leave about a gallon soaked up in the mess at the bottom and in the pump lines. I get great mash efficiency so I'm not too concerned about it.

 

I use a 15 gallon kettle for 11 gallons finished wort. Fermcap is my buddy.

 

Fixed that for ya

I use a 20g for 11g, sometimes 12g into fermenter...think it's the perfect size

 

You want something like this (it's what I have): https://www.katom.com/370-APT80.html

The geometry of most stockpots uses propane more efficiently than keggles and are also less prone to boil overs. The 20gal kettle is only 3-4 bucks more than the 15gal version and lets you do more - long boils for big beers, making 15 gallon batches if you need to make beer for a wedding or something, etc.

I own a keggle, now serving as a HLT, but will probably replace it with another stockpot and sell it to a small maple sugar maker (for about enough money to pay for the stockpot).

 

I just purchased a 15 gallon kettle. 13 gallons preboil yields a little over 9 gallons after trub losses etc. For me this was this right size.

 

Brewed 11 gallons today and I maxed my keg at 12 gallons.