Virgin biab brewer first brew

[Wekslap]

Hi there. Sorry if this shows my ignorance. I have just bought a 32 Ltr Peco electrim boiler masher. Could anyone tell me what the maximum finished wort volume I could get out of this with biab please?

[Secla]

depends on the strength of brew/boil off etc. but you should easily get a 23l/5 gal batch of 5-6% in it

[Wekslap]

Thanks Secla. I will be aiming for beers between 3 and 4%.

[Wekslap]

I don't like strong beers, I prefer easy drinking quaffing beers nowadays you see. By the way, by volume I was meaning how many gallons /litres max that my 32 litre peco electrim boiler masher could produce using BIAB all-in-one methods. Ideally 5 gallons/23 litres per brew or as near as poss to this. Any tips or advice on procedures or simple nervous beginner recipes would be appreciated. Thanks

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

If you are willing to try dunk sparking or post mash liquor top up you can theoretically get up to 32 L - (boil off rate x boil length) - trub losses.

E.g if boil off is 3L / hour, and you lose 1.5 L to trub & hops, then a 90 min boil will give you 26 L into the FV, assuming you fill the kettle after the mash.

[Wekslap]

So it should be do-able to get a 5 gallon/23 litre brew out of it no bother then?
Are there any folks on here who brew with this peco electrim 32 litre digital boiler masher? Anyone got any simple procedures/instructions/advice/tips for brewing BIAB with it? Any handy videos using it?
Thanks.
I'm a total grain / BIAB newbie.

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

You should be able to get 23L out of that boiler.

'No bother' Depends on how much you like:

- squeezing the grain bag
- meticulously calculating your mash, boil and trub losses
- dunk sparging
- topping up your liquor pre boil
- calculating all of that so that you still hit your numbers