Hey guys,
I've been lurking on the board for a good 6 months now, slowly gleaning all the info I could from you "pros" while slowly assembling my equipment. Well, to make a long story short I'm pretty much set with everything I need to stop buying and start brewing. So, over the weekend I stopped into my LHBS and picked up a can of Mountmellick's Irish Stout and zipped home squealing like a little girl ready to whip up my first batch of homebrew. That's when things got confusing...
The directions say to add the can of LME to 1 gallon of warm tap water?(Wouldn't I want to bring the full volume of water to a boil and add the LME and then flame out for sanitation at least?) I was also hoping to make 5 gallons with this kit but it says it only makes "up to 3.6 US gallons?" Is there a way to increase the volume without thinning out the beer?
Thanks for letting me post my first post in pure, ignorant, newbie fashion,
Cheers!
I've been lurking on the board for a good 6 months now, slowly gleaning all the info I could from you "pros" while slowly assembling my equipment. Well, to make a long story short I'm pretty much set with everything I need to stop buying and start brewing. So, over the weekend I stopped into my LHBS and picked up a can of Mountmellick's Irish Stout and zipped home squealing like a little girl ready to whip up my first batch of homebrew. That's when things got confusing...
The directions say to add the can of LME to 1 gallon of warm tap water?(Wouldn't I want to bring the full volume of water to a boil and add the LME and then flame out for sanitation at least?) I was also hoping to make 5 gallons with this kit but it says it only makes "up to 3.6 US gallons?" Is there a way to increase the volume without thinning out the beer?
Thanks for letting me post my first post in pure, ignorant, newbie fashion,
Cheers!