1/4 keg keggle ?

[twizztedangel]

has anyone used a 1/4 keg for a keggle. its 7.75 gal. i believe this would be perfect for a 5 gal boil. any ideas.

[Mylo]

You can do it. Nobody will tease you.....



OK, that's a lie.


Mylo

[BeerPal]

And if you call it a "kegglette", I'm outta here. First I'll spread the rumor that you're gay (not that there's anything wrong with that ), then I'm outta here.

[twizztedangel]

so your saying man up and do a full keg or nothing

[Hammer]

I remember my first Keggle.

They work fine, I built my first all grain system using 1/4's. Then moved to 1/2's when I needed more capacity. I always thought that a 1/4 would make a good fermenter for 5 gallon batches. Easier to lift in and out of chest freezers.

[Mylo]

so your saying man up and do a full keg or nothing

Yep... just sayin'...

Seriously, once you start doing AG you will want to do 10G batches. It's 4 hours for a 5G batch vs. 5 hours for a 10G batch.

Mylo

[Brew Engineer]

There is nothing wrong with using a 1/4 keglette. Don't mind Mylo, he's just mean.

Functionally, it will serve your purpose. You may not get a full 5 gallons, depending on the bottom contour, I know you lose a gallon or so from a Keggle.

Good luck-

[Henway]

A Kegglette : All the work and money involved to make a keggle, half the capacity.

The shape is hardly optimal for it--you'll have fantastic boil off % and probably a lot of leftover wort (based on %)