Mash Tun size

by Bruce Kelly

Mar 31, 2022

Hi

New to all grain brewing and in the process of building a small brewery setup.

I am not sure what capacity I need for a mash tun for a 50L brew. I was thinking of using a 50L keg but is this to small?

Hope this isn't a silly question.

Bruce

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    Peter Smith

    I used to use a 50l keg mash tun and it was fine for most 50l batches, I used to boil in 2 x 30l kettles for speed and being able to do different hop combos.  maybe too small if you want to do 50l of imperial stout but fine if wanted 305l of real high suger content

    May 30, 2022

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      Peter Smith

      I think its time to archive this site to some great NZ library.......  let's not lose it

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      Feb 6, 2023

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        Peter Smith

        just picked up a Farra system so this forum is not all dead Matt

        Jan 25