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Well, we jumped the gun ever so slightly and picked up a used bulk tank for use as a mash tun. 300 gallon capacity, was used to make sugar syrups prior. Pretty good shape, has the agitator but needs a new motor. Single wall, no jacket, domed bottom. So now comes the tricky part... easiest/smartest way to turn this thing in to a cooker? A couple contraints: We're not doing steam, so that's out and we won't likely have 3 phase power for the foreseeable future. We're looking to cook 100% corn or a sugar wash for starters. Move on to a more standard bourbon grain bill after that. Which makes the handling of electric elements tricky with the whole scorching issues. We are open to the possiblity of strikewater if we absolutely have to. Probably not the ideal set up but we're starting on a shoe string and this tank leaves us good room to grow (or even convert to a big pot down the line!) Here's a pic of the new baby. (Damrow 300surg gallon dairy/food tank.)
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Hey all, I've been looking for a rule of thumb regarding the minimum percentage required for full starch conversion for each malted grain - 2-row malted barley (pilsner) 6-row malted barley (pilsner) malted rye malted corn distiller's malted barley So for example, say I desire a mash bill of (unmalted) corn & malted barley, for full conversion I would have to have on minimum x% 2-row, v 6-row, v distiller's. I understand that the min % might change some off of the base grain, I'm just looking for a ballpark, 5/10/15/20% for each grain. A later discussion might include ideal conversion temps given that they each have different amylase compositions, but that's day 2 stuff. Thanks