Navy_Chief
Well-Known Member
I am getting ready to brew my first batch and I have a couple of questions for the group. I am reading Palmers How to Brew which has cleared up quite a few things for me, unfortunately it has raised a few questions that I am trying to sort out. In the recipe kit I received as a gift from my beautiful wife (Brewers Best Holiday Ale) it included 1lb of corn sugar to add to the boil with the extracts. In How to Brew Palmer recommends replacing the corn sugar with DME, I don't have the formula for conversion handy but that should be pretty simple, what are the group thoughts on doing this? Also the kit I received is formulated for a 2.5 gallon boil, I intend to to a boil to end up with 5 gallons finished after boil. I know this will increase hop utilization due to the decreased gravity of the boiling wort, do you guys recommend adjusting the amount of hops in the boil to compensate for this? I am probably not going to be brewing until after Christmas because I still have a few things to pick up, so this is still early planing stages. Thanks for any input you can provide!