inexpensive boil

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Thursday Dec 08, 2005 7:32 pm

for those of us that are starting to boil, here is a cheap alternative,
( although temporary ).

I used to use the Cooks stove, but was warned off this by DD, so purchased one of these, this is not the brand I bought but it is similar.

http://www.fleetcamping.com.au/index.ph ... ucts_id=37

a 4pak of gas cartridges is $10., and a single lasts about an hour.

($2.50 per boil ).

MHD · Post by **MHD** » Thursday Dec 08, 2005 10:14 pm

I have one of these!
So it lasts ok??

How much water is involved in a boil?

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Friday Dec 09, 2005 4:26 am

How much water is involved in a boil?

Varies.

A 'full boil' means the entire wort is boiled, so a 20 litre batch will involve putting 25(ish) litres on the stove. This is a must for all grain brewing.

A 'partial boil' involves boiling a smaller volume and then adding water with the wort to the fermenter to bring up to the disired batch volume. Add all fermentables to say 10 litres, boil that up, cool it, dump it to the fermenter and top up with water. Ideal for extract batches and partial mashes.

Cheers,
Greg

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Friday Dec 09, 2005 8:07 am

MHD wrote:I have one of these!
So it lasts ok??

How much water is involved in a boil?

i have a 11.5lt ss pot that i got from big dub, it serves the purpose well for what i'm doing at the moment( kit & spec grain, partial etc ).

i probably end up with about 4 or 5 lt in the boil after i strain and rinse the grain, add kit, honey some extract etc.

i have my water filtered and chilled(

) ready for brew day, so the boil causes no headaches as far as reducing the temp is concerned.

hope this helps MHD, trying some grain and boiling are worth the extra effort.

yardy

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Friday Dec 09, 2005 3:43 pm

What's the BTU rating on one of those? Can't see it even in the enlarged pic.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Friday Dec 09, 2005 7:27 pm

undercover1 wrote:What's the BTU rating on one of those? Can't see it even in the enlarged pic.

settled in for the night UC1, will post tomorrow.

yard

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Friday Dec 09, 2005 7:33 pm

yardglass wrote: settled in for the night UC1, will post tomorrow.

yard

all tucked in at 7.30, yardie? nighty night- I'm allowed to stay up til 8.30 because it's not a school night.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Friday Dec 09, 2005 8:06 pm

undercover1 wrote:
yardglass wrote: settled in for the night UC1, will post tomorrow.

yard
all tucked in at 7.30, yardie? nighty night- I'm allowed to stay up til 8.30 because it's not a school night.

love ya work dude..

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Saturday Dec 10, 2005 10:18 am

undercover1 wrote:What's the BTU rating on one of those? Can't see it even in the enlarged pic.

gas consumption is 150gm/h.

cartridge weight is 220gm. ( $2.50 )

yardy

Tyberious Funk · Post by **Tyberious Funk** » Sunday Dec 11, 2005 6:52 am

undercover1 wrote:What's the BTU rating on one of those? Can't see it even in the enlarged pic.

I don't know about that particular model, but I've seen similar ones in Kmart and they are around 7,500 BTU.

What I'm not particularly sure about, is how much heat do you need for a full, 30 litre wort boil. Grain and Grape sell burners that pump out 130,000 BTU. That seems like a tremendous amount, though. I found a fairly cheap burner and Barbaques Galore that was 30,000 BTU but I baulked at buying it because I wasn't sure it would be enough.

But if 7,500 works ok, then you can bet that 30,000 will be way more than enough.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Sunday Dec 11, 2005 7:29 am

Tyberious Funk wrote:
undercover1 wrote:What's the BTU rating on one of those? Can't see it even in the enlarged pic.
I don't know about that particular model, but I've seen similar ones in Kmart and they are around 7,500 BTU.

What I'm not particularly sure about, is how much heat do you need for a full, 30 litre wort boil.

hey TF,
thanks for the BTU, i couldn't find it.

like i said, it's fine for what i'm doing at the moment, i'm sure it could manage a Partial boil, but yeah, anything over that would probably be a struggle, plus the fact that the large diameter of a pot required to do a boil that big would have a good part of the (hot) pot over the compartment where the gas cannister resides.

going to test it on my first Dinky Di Partial when my Grains arrive.

cheers
yard