How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

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How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by phatboytall » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:00 pm

As the title says, how many kgs of crushed grain does a standard 25litre FV bucket hold?

My hanging scales are broke and I need to weight out 13kgs tonight, dont fancy doing it in 600g scoops with my mini scales.

My bet is about 10kgs....
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by Andy » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:18 pm

Got any bathroom scales you could use ?
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by Crankwood » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:20 pm

My last brew was about 11kg of grains and the bucket had about 3 - 4 inch space at the top.
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by phatboytall » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:20 pm

Good shout, amazingly no! I live in a house on sensible eating and no dieting.
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by Crankwood » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:23 pm

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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by phatboytall » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:26 pm

Wonderful picture, i'm guessing from a brewday.

Any info on how much malt was in there?
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by Andy » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:33 pm

phatboytall wrote:Wonderful picture, i'm guessing from a brewday.

Any info on how much malt was in there?
My last brew was about 11kg of grains and the bucket had about 3 - 4 inch space at the top.
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by phatboytall » Tue Nov 25, 2014 6:03 pm

Fantastic!! Sorry missed that post!

All the info I needed.
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Re: How many kgs of grain does a 25lt bucket hold?

Post by marcarm » Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:56 pm

Just to confirm what has been said, my 10l bucket took about 4.5kg of grain on my last brewday.

4.5 X 2.5 (25l bucket) = 11.25kg, so looks to be right.
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