realestatecat

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^^^^

My wife has me doing the dishes after her friends were over and the wort is boiling up a storm now. I started with a 7.5 gallon boil and it looks light and theres a pretty low gravity.

I think I'm going to have to boil off quite a bit, and like you said, get down to the right gravity.

The buzz is gone and I'm just taking copious notes.

By the way, any guess on how long it takes to boil off 2 and half gallons?! :P

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diatonic

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With a rigorous boil, I boil that off in about an hour and 45 min. Volume will shrink a bit as it cools down as well. You're brave to do your first AG batch that late. I did that once and got to bed at about 4am.

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realestatecat

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This has nothing to do with bravery, its called ignorance! I've got a volume of about 6.5 gallons now and a gravity of 1.054.

I think when I hit about 6 gallons, I'm going to go for the first hop drop.

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On Deck: Hefeweizen, Kölsch, Porter
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Secondary: Empty
Keg 1:ESB
Keg 2: Pop Top IPA

realestatecat

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Well, I cant complain. I wound up with a 1.070 OG and the recipe called for 1.072 and I still have a little fight left in me.

Thanks for the help on this one fellas. Next time, I'll start at noon, not 8 PM.

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Secondary: Empty
Keg 1:ESB
Keg 2: Pop Top IPA

sparkyaber

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Geez, I was thinking of getting up to brew, and this guy is just going to bed. Glad it turned out ok.

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Keg#1 Yoopers APA
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realestatecat

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Note to self: Start AG at 12 noon!

Also, how do I calculate volume for the amount of hops and other junk that falls out? It looks like I might only wind up with about 4.5 to 4.75 gallons.

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On Deck: Hefeweizen, Kölsch, Porter
Primary:Empty
Secondary: Empty
Keg 1:ESB
Keg 2: Pop Top IPA

sparkyaber

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Up already......
I think it really depends on the type of beer, setup etc. I figure for every 5 gallon batch, I keep about 5.5 gallons in the boil pot. This leaves a half a gallon to soak up the trub/break material.

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Carboy#1 Old Vine Zin
Carboy#2 Mai Bock
Carboy#3 Mai Bock
Carboys#4-14 m-t
3 Gallon Chocolate Raspberry Port
Keg#1 Yoopers APA
Keg#2 Oatmeal Stout
Keg#3 Gnome Rootbeer
Keg#4 Citra Pale Ale
Keg#5 Angry Gnome Brown Ale
Kegs #6-10 m-t
Bottled: Holiday Ale, RIS 2011, Chocolate Espresso Porter, Vanilla Porter, Oktoberfest, Watermelon Wheat, Strawberry Wheat, Angry Gnome Brown Ale, Citra Pale Ale