chase
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I've heard this technique mentioned a few times but I don't know what it is.
I'm sure you're right about the carmelization, but from what I've seen, the main purpose is to lower the boil gravity when you're only doing a partial boil, that way you get more IBUs out of your hops.Fingers said:I believe that is where you add your extract in the last fifteen minutes of the boil to minimize carmelization that darkens your beer. You have to be careful with your bittering hops additions because the lower gravity will extract more alpha acids from the hops and increase your bitterness.
homebrewer_99 said:I only use 1 lb of malt in 1.5 gals of water...fewer hops...add the remaining malt during the last 15 mins which is usually not boiled, but steeped.
chase said:So let me get this straight. When you add the rest of the malt with 15m left, you don't restart the boil? You just let it steep?
Correct. I do not put if back on the burner. I just let it sit there.chase said:So let me get this straight. When you add the rest of the malt with 15m left, you don't restart the boil? You just let it steep?
chase said:So let me get this straight. When you add the rest of the malt with 15m left, you don't restart the boil? You just let it steep?
IowaStateFan said:I found that I could never get it back to a boil on my stove, and that affected the flavor from my late hop additions. I also learned that the extract doesn't need to be boiled, just pastuerized. So now I add the rest of the malt at flameout and let it steep for 10 - 15 minutes before I start cooling it.
Check out my pics in #4:chase said:Ooh. What's that brewt00l?
Whatever it is, it is light. I've never had an extract brew come out that light. Even a kolsch. Guess that means I'm doing late additions from now on.
chase said:It seems that there is no standard technique for this, so I will play around with it and see what works for me. Thanks for the tips.
chase said:Ooh. What's that brewt00l?
Whatever it is, it is light. I've never had an extract brew come out that light. Even a kolsch. Guess that means I'm doing late additions from now on.
chase said:It seems that there is no standard technique for this, so I will play around with it and see what works for me. Thanks for the tips.
I believe we try to accomplish that here...debaniel said:Something I learned pretty quickly - there are plenty of wrong ways to brew, but there is no one right way to do it. There are LOTS of right ways. And quite a few wrong ways (which are to be avoided).
Hmmm... What do you mean wrong ways?debaniel said:Something I learned pretty quickly - there are plenty of wrong ways to brew, but there is no one right way to do it. There are LOTS of right ways. And quite a few wrong ways (which are to be avoided).
5 Is Not Enough said:Hmmm... What do you mean wrong ways?
That IS a full draining chillerchase said:I don't think your hose is obeying the laws of gravity!?!
newhomebrewer1 said:how do steeped grains affect OG and hop utilization? i'm using the strangebrew software, which seems to handles steeped grains as if they're being dissolved in the boil. correct me wrong, but wouldn't they have no affect on the OG of the boil upon removal?
5 Is Not Enough said:Hmmm... What do you mean wrong ways?
CorrectBrewsmith said:I believe it is a counterflow chiller.
autosiphon(in the pot)Brewsmith said:Wort is coming out of the pot via the copper tube that I'm assuming was started by siphon
Pretty damn close, water in from upper left, drains(lower left) to my floor drain off camera. CFC's feed coolant against the flow (hence - counterflow). The CFC is set up for rigging on my bigger pot with a drain on it, but I just wanted to try it for a small batch here...Brewsmith said:where it then travels into the carboy. The copper enters the hose that is being fed with cold water, off camera in the lower left, that is draining in the sink, mid left. :rockin:
stormtracker said:Call me dumb.
My reading comprehension isnt the best. Hey Im drinking... And I think its safe to admit this here on this site.
Here goes.... add 2 times the hops and boil 30 minutes for this late LME method? Correct?
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