Shindig Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I am going to running a bain marie electric still and was thinking of getting an electric steam kettle for a mash tun. Has anyone used one like the listing below? Thoughts? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cleveland-100-Gallon-Electric-Steam-Kettle-/271747937768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Keep an eye on the output and valve size, they tend to be on the small side. Used to work in a restaurant that had a big kettle, half the time we would end up ladling the sauce out with a stock pot because the output would plug up solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernhighlander Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 James is right about the output. Also, you are going to need an agitator. I have several different models and sizes for sale at good prices. Email paul@distillery-equipment.com for pricing etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudzie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 We use a 40 Gal. Goren Electric Kettle and are now on mash #596. We bring our water to a boil and do our mashing process, holds the heat great. We mix with a drill mixer. Pump out to our crash cooler, cool, pump to our fermenter and let it do its thing. Best $2500 I've ever spent. It's been a great way to start out. Just bought a 275 Gal steam injected kettle with built in CIP & mixer for our expansion. Going to keep the 40 gal kettle going for recipe development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindig Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sudzie- nice! Thanks for the info The ones I have seen (around 100 gal) have a 2" drain port . I know new these things are tens of thousands of dollars so $6000 to $8000 seems reasonable if it works . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudzie Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 You just need it to get the water up to a boil turn off and not cool off too fast. We do a (60min 196*f corn) (30min 177*f rye) (60 min 152*f malt) mash and get 7-8 PG yield from 85 lbs. of grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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