Dear brewers,
I have a 5 bbl brewhouse with steam jacketed on bottom of the kettle and since I bought this equipment I never got a acceptable time to boil from lautering temperature, around 76C, to boiling temp, it is normal to take more than 4 hours, or 10 to 15 minutes por degree Celcius.
My boiler is a 630,000 BTU (19bHP) oversized unit, with 3" steam head and 1" drops. According to the engineer that projected the pipping, from Spirax Sarco, I should raise the temp in 1C every 80 seconds, but it never happened. Also, in another forum, I received all kinds of suggestions, as cleaning strainers to confirm size of return pipe, and nothing really improved the speed.
Could you confirm the temperature of your wort after lautering, and how long it takes to boil?
Thank you
Rene
I have a 5 bbl brewhouse with steam jacketed on bottom of the kettle and since I bought this equipment I never got a acceptable time to boil from lautering temperature, around 76C, to boiling temp, it is normal to take more than 4 hours, or 10 to 15 minutes por degree Celcius.
My boiler is a 630,000 BTU (19bHP) oversized unit, with 3" steam head and 1" drops. According to the engineer that projected the pipping, from Spirax Sarco, I should raise the temp in 1C every 80 seconds, but it never happened. Also, in another forum, I received all kinds of suggestions, as cleaning strainers to confirm size of return pipe, and nothing really improved the speed.
Could you confirm the temperature of your wort after lautering, and how long it takes to boil?
Thank you
Rene
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