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All Boilermaker Brewpots come standard with the following:
Stainless 3pc Ball valve - All 316 Stainless steel full port 1/2" NPT. Seals are made of Teflon to resist hight temps. It disassembles for easy cleaning and sanitizing. Locking handle prevents accidental spills.
Dip Tube - Standard dip tube allows you to drain within 3/8" of bottom of pot for less lost wort! Unique snap-in design means you can remove/install without tools!
Adjustable angle BrewMometer - This unit features a special dial-face connection that can be rotated to ANY convenient viewing angle (up/down/left/right and anywhere in-between!). No more stooping over or standing on a steel to read the dial of the thermometer!
Glass Sight Gauge with stainless guard and laser etched graduations - Our borosilicate heavy wall GLASS level gauge will never yellow or cloud. Cleaning is quick and easy since we provide clean-out ports on the top and bottom and include a brush for cleaning! The heavy gauge stainless guard is laser etched with volume graduations for accurate readings...no more guessing!
Level Gauge clean-out brush - Cleaning the sight glass couldn't be easier - included with your BoilerMaker is a brush to make cleaning the inside of the level gauge tube a snap! Removable screws are located on each end of the gauge to insert the cleaning brush.
Handles & Lid - True to all Blichmann designs - we've thought of all the details - including a place to rest the lid! In addition, we've oriented the handles so when you carry the pot the valve and thermometer don't get in your way.
Stainless Flashing - We also include a 6" X 10" X 24ga stainless plate to shield the valve, BrewMometer, and level gauge from the heat of high BTU burners. Depending on the design of your burner, you may need to fabricate a bracket to hold it in place.
Choosing the Right Size
Selection Guide & Data
The key to top performance of your new BoilerMaker brew pot is selecting the size that best fits your brewing needs. Selecting too small, or too big of a brew pot, mash tun, or hot liquor tank (HLT) can cause frustration and poor performance.
Boil kettles: The Boilermaker makes the perfect Boil Kettle, especially with the addition of the optional Boil Screen. Blichmann recommends that you always do a full wort boil, as do most brewing texts and advanced brewers. This will minimize the addition of top-up water to compensate for boil-off, and starting with the volume called for in your recipe will let you know early in the process if you've hit your target gravity giving you more time to correct the problem. Also, you'll get more consistent hop utilization by sticking to the recipe volumes, as utilization changes significantly with specific wort gravity. Last, but certainly not least, is boil-over prevention...having enough head space will keep this irritating problem at bay.
That said, they recommend a boil kettle approximately 2 times the size of the finished batch size. Although this may sound like a bit much, a 10 gal batch will typically start with 13-14 gal pre-boil once you compensate for cooling contraction, transfer losses, and boil off. This will allow for a reasonable head space to reduce boil-over problems. For example, if you're a 10gal batch brewer, you'd select the 20 gal BoilerMaker brew pot as your boil kettle.
Mash Vessels: With the optional Button Louvre false bottom, the Boilermaker becomes a fantastic Mashing Vessel. Blichmann recommends filling your mash vessel no more than 75% of capacity. This will allow sufficient space for dough-in of the grains and additions of sparge water and sparge arms, etc. The chart below includes various water to grist ratios to assist you in your selection. The green column is their recommended water to grist ratio. Minimum volumes are to ensure that the thermometer probe is adequately submerged, and also so you have an adequate grain bed depth for proper wort filtration. Blichmann has designed the BoilerMakertm brew pot sizes to seamlessly blend from size to size, so you'll never need to sacrifice.
Hot Liquor Tanks: The boilermaker is a perfect Hot Liquor tank right out of the box. Blichmann recommends sizing your HLT the same size as your mash tun to ensure you have plenty of sparge water available on brew day.
Recommended 3 Kettle Systems For Typical Batch Sizes (HLT/Mash/Boil):
5 gal batch: 10/10/10
10 gal batch: 15/15/20
15-20 gal batch: 20/20/30
30 gal batch: 30/30/55
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Stainless 3pc Ball valve - All 316 Stainless steel full port 1/2" NPT. Seals are made of Teflon to resist hight temps. It disassembles for easy cleaning and sanitizing. Locking handle prevents accidental spills.
Dip Tube - Standard dip tube allows you to drain within 3/8" of bottom of pot for less lost wort! Unique snap-in design means you can remove/install without tools!
Adjustable angle BrewMometer - This unit features a special dial-face connection that can be rotated to ANY convenient viewing angle (up/down/left/right and anywhere in-between!). No more stooping over or standing on a steel to read the dial of the thermometer!
Glass Sight Gauge with stainless guard and laser etched graduations - Our borosilicate heavy wall GLASS level gauge will never yellow or cloud. Cleaning is quick and easy since we provide clean-out ports on the top and bottom and include a brush for cleaning! The heavy gauge stainless guard is laser etched with volume graduations for accurate readings...no more guessing!
Level Gauge clean-out brush - Cleaning the sight glass couldn't be easier - included with your BoilerMaker is a brush to make cleaning the inside of the level gauge tube a snap! Removable screws are located on each end of the gauge to insert the cleaning brush.
Handles & Lid - True to all Blichmann designs - we've thought of all the details - including a place to rest the lid! In addition, we've oriented the handles so when you carry the pot the valve and thermometer don't get in your way.
Stainless Flashing - We also include a 6" X 10" X 24ga stainless plate to shield the valve, BrewMometer, and level gauge from the heat of high BTU burners. Depending on the design of your burner, you may need to fabricate a bracket to hold it in place.
Choosing the Right Size
Selection Guide & Data
The key to top performance of your new BoilerMaker brew pot is selecting the size that best fits your brewing needs. Selecting too small, or too big of a brew pot, mash tun, or hot liquor tank (HLT) can cause frustration and poor performance.
Boil kettles: The Boilermaker makes the perfect Boil Kettle, especially with the addition of the optional Boil Screen. Blichmann recommends that you always do a full wort boil, as do most brewing texts and advanced brewers. This will minimize the addition of top-up water to compensate for boil-off, and starting with the volume called for in your recipe will let you know early in the process if you've hit your target gravity giving you more time to correct the problem. Also, you'll get more consistent hop utilization by sticking to the recipe volumes, as utilization changes significantly with specific wort gravity. Last, but certainly not least, is boil-over prevention...having enough head space will keep this irritating problem at bay.
That said, they recommend a boil kettle approximately 2 times the size of the finished batch size. Although this may sound like a bit much, a 10 gal batch will typically start with 13-14 gal pre-boil once you compensate for cooling contraction, transfer losses, and boil off. This will allow for a reasonable head space to reduce boil-over problems. For example, if you're a 10gal batch brewer, you'd select the 20 gal BoilerMaker brew pot as your boil kettle.
Mash Vessels: With the optional Button Louvre false bottom, the Boilermaker becomes a fantastic Mashing Vessel. Blichmann recommends filling your mash vessel no more than 75% of capacity. This will allow sufficient space for dough-in of the grains and additions of sparge water and sparge arms, etc. The chart below includes various water to grist ratios to assist you in your selection. The green column is their recommended water to grist ratio. Minimum volumes are to ensure that the thermometer probe is adequately submerged, and also so you have an adequate grain bed depth for proper wort filtration. Blichmann has designed the BoilerMakertm brew pot sizes to seamlessly blend from size to size, so you'll never need to sacrifice.
Hot Liquor Tanks: The boilermaker is a perfect Hot Liquor tank right out of the box. Blichmann recommends sizing your HLT the same size as your mash tun to ensure you have plenty of sparge water available on brew day.
Recommended 3 Kettle Systems For Typical Batch Sizes (HLT/Mash/Boil):
5 gal batch: 10/10/10
10 gal batch: 15/15/20
15-20 gal batch: 20/20/30
30 gal batch: 30/30/55
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