Gas Brewing

[rukkus]

Electric brewers look away, anyone ever thought of using something like http://www.gasproducts.ie/acatalog/copy_of_Bitumen_Burners.html ? Very high BTU but I'm guessing the diameter is so small you'd melt the bottom of the pot or scorch alot of wort......?

[Leann ull]

[rukkus]

Shhhhhhh, i said look away

[Leann ull]

To answer the Heathens question its gonna burn the bollix off the bottom of a keg and total overkill, but that never stopped us homebrewers , have you underground gas reserves to run it?

[LordEoin]

it's so much more expensive than a more suitable burner that I'm not sure why you'd go for it

[rukkus]

I should have mentioned its for a 70L kettle, those 8.8kw burners just dont cut it. I'm edging towards importing a blichmann but wanted to look at options available here

[Leann ull]

What's the bottom of the 70l boiler like? Will it handle that much heat

[rukkus]

Its one of the german stockpots so fairly thin. I'm looking for something that will get up to a boil and keep it there as quickly as possible without having to mess around with special electrical wiring.

[DarraghKS]

http://m.ebay.ie/itm/STOCKPOT-COOKER-32-JET-600-x-600-NATURAL-OR-BOTTLE-GAS-HIGH-SPEC-SEE-PICTURES-/251663228782?nav=SEARCH

I got two of the burners from these for mine. Fairly strong as we use them with 100l pots similar to what you described.
The only thing with gas is its generally only 33% efficient due to loss of energy by other methods.
You can get them to deliver them to an argos in the north and collect them like we did. Or just get them delivered to the house.
Call them up for a quote on one as they sell 20 tip burners as well.
The 32 tips cost us less than €300 for the pair.

[rukkus]

Nice thanks for that, like these ones? http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/261681295962?varId=560549660825

[rukkus]

Hmmmm I could go all American on it and get a couple of these http://www.stockpotsrus.co.uk/multi-jet-burners-22-c.asp and get a brew stand welded up .....

[DarraghKS]

That's the exact ones. Make sure you pick lpg. We had a mix up on our delivery as they gave us natural gas jets. They have a larger orifice.
Also make sure you have a regulator for 2.5kg

[rukkus]

Are they considered to be high or low pressure?

[rukkus]

How in the world have i missed this section for so long http://www.gasproducts.ie/acatalog/Catering_Burners.html ding ding ding

[armedcor]

Those jet burners are incredibly loud aren't they? I was just reading a thread about them on HBT. How fast would they blow through a tank of gas?