re: Crawfish boil with 500 gallon brewery barrel?

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So, if you convert 35 lbs. of crawfish in 10 gallons of water, then 250 gallons of water should easily handle 700+ lbs. of crawfish and fixings.

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Pretty good guesstimate. The general rule is quarts x 60%. It’s not perfect, but it gets you really close. It’s used by most boilers when figuring out how many pots they need for large boils.

So:
60q x 60% = 36lbs or 1 sack
80q x 60% = 48lbs or 1.25 sack
100q x 60% = 60lbs or about 1.5+ sacks
120q x 60% = 72lbs or 2 full sacks.

500 gallons is 2000 quarts.