BuzzCraft
Well-Known Member
So, my current brewing system allows me to mash about 7 pounds of grain (in a grainbag, per deathbrewer's stovetop thread) and I top off with DME as a late extract. I'm quite happy with the results. One thing I struggle with, however, is the fact that I'm boiling about 3.5 gallons in a 4 gallon pot and when I go to add a couple of pounds of DME in the last 10 minutes it takes several minutes to get it all stirred in, the boil is temporarily killed, etc. I always wonder how this affects IBUs, flavor hop profile, etc, but I'm not really worried about it. Again, I like the results.
However, I'm planning a barleywine and now have 5+ pounds of DME to deal with...too much for the system. My solution is to calculate my hops, IBUs, etc in Beersmith for a 3.5 gallon boil and to enter the DME addition in Beersmith as a time 0 addition. In reality, I will boil the DME in water in a separate pot for 10-15 minutes to sanitize and just mix them going into the fermentor after cooling.
Anyone see any problems with this plan? In fact, if there are no problems, it may become my standard method (until I get equipped for full boils, that is!)
Thanks for any feedback.
However, I'm planning a barleywine and now have 5+ pounds of DME to deal with...too much for the system. My solution is to calculate my hops, IBUs, etc in Beersmith for a 3.5 gallon boil and to enter the DME addition in Beersmith as a time 0 addition. In reality, I will boil the DME in water in a separate pot for 10-15 minutes to sanitize and just mix them going into the fermentor after cooling.
Anyone see any problems with this plan? In fact, if there are no problems, it may become my standard method (until I get equipped for full boils, that is!)
Thanks for any feedback.