Boil Over Help Fast!!!!!!!!!!!

Bopper · 03-02-2006, 02:13 AM

I am in the process of boiling a Nut Brown Ale...I looked away for a minute and had a boil over! I'd say I lost approx. 1-1.5 cups of wart....i know the beer will probably be fine.....what effects will this have...is there anything I can do to compensate for the boil over???

Thanks,

Jim

Lou · 03-02-2006, 02:15 AM

you don't need to do anything to compensate... just go pay attention to your boil

**Baron von BeeGee** · 03-02-2006, 02:43 AM

Best way to compensate is to thoroughly clean the stovetop before your SO sees it. The beer is fine...your backside may not be!

Bopper · 03-02-2006, 02:45 AM

Thanks for the prompt response guys.....

I think I had too many brews during the boil!

The good news is, my first batch (mild ale) came out AWESOME!

cweston · 03-02-2006, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Bopper359

I am in the process of boiling a Nut Brown Ale...I looked away for a minute and had a boil over! I'd say I lost approx. 1-1.5 cups of wart....i know the beer will probably be fine.....what effects will this have...is there anything I can do to compensate for the boil over???

If you're really anal about it, or if you lose a lot of wort, you could compensate the total batch side proportionally. (This is assuming you are boiling something less than the full 5 gallons).

If you're boiling 2.5 gallons and lose a pint of wort (.125 gallon), then technically you should reduce your total batch size by .25 gallon so that the gravity hits your target. But it's probably better to just have a homebrew and clean that mess up.

Bopper · 03-02-2006, 05:56 PM

Thanks. Any thoughts on hot airation? When the o2 gets into the wort at hot temps it binds to the wort molecules. When these break down over time I have heard that this can produce an off-flavor...like cardboard/sherry like.

How long does it take for this to happen? (maybe I just need to drink the case quickly

It was a minor boil over anyways...definitely less than 1 pint. Should I even be worrying about this?

**Baron von BeeGee** · 03-02-2006, 06:25 PM

A boilover isn't going to result in HSA (hot side aeration). Boiling the wort as vigorously as possible (without boilover, of course!) is actually a good idea.

Bopper · 03-03-2006, 02:57 AM

Thanks for your help everyone....the beer is fermenting like CRAZY right now...good thing i have it in a 6.5 gal carboy otherwise i may have come home to a mess

mch2smw · 03-03-2006, 03:00 PM

As a great man once said "Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew."

jldesign · 03-04-2006, 03:08 PM

watch that pot after extract and first hop addition and other additions until after that foam or hop mush rises and falls. I've boiled over 3 times so far and I won't do it again.

It was horrible....

the beer was great it was the wife.