sportscrazed2
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Just curious if you can top up in fermenter with all grain/pm? Thinking of doing 2.5/3 gallon boils on my gas stove biab style during the winter until i can use my turkey fryer. what do you think?
I have a 5 gal ss, 7.5 gallon aluminum, and 8 gallon aluminum kettle. not sure if i can get a full boil going on any of them with my gas stove.
I've done the same as Revvy for years as well with no problem. It is "common wisdom" that it doesn't work, but having done it I know for certain it does. Still, every time I tell anyone about it, I am told how certain they are that it doesn't work. I've actually had people tell me that you can't do that while drinking the end result with no idea.
I have a 5 gal ss, 7.5 gallon aluminum, and 8 gallon aluminum kettle. not sure if i can get a full boil going on any of them with my gas stove.
I do top off ag batches all time. I often do 5 gallon batches dilluting 2.5 gallons of wort with 2.5 gallons of water.
I've been doing quite a lot of them in the winters in the last couple of years.
hmunster said:Sorry to renew an older thread, but do you have any sample receipes for this you could share? I'd like to give it a try and something "proven" would help. Basic pale ale or similar would be great. Thanks
Sorry to renew an older thread, but do you have any sample receipes for this you could share? I'd like to give it a try and something "proven" would help. Basic pale ale or similar would be great. Thanks
Based on the replies in this thread, the recipes are the same. You just use less water. Mash with 3.5 gallons of water, boil down to 2.5 gallons. If the recipe has an OG of 1.050 then your OG will be 1.100. Add 2.5 gallons of top-off water and your OG will then be 1.050. That said, you may want to increase the hops in the recipe by 15 to 18%.
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