Benny Blanco
Well-Known Member
So, I made a pumpkin ale last night and man....what a disaster.
Everything went well up to when I added the hops. Now, I do know that adding hops can cause the wort to foam like crazy and I had very small boil overs before but this was ridiculous. The thing would not stop boiling over!! I literally had to stand there for the full hour and keep taking it off the burner and stir it. On and off, on and off. This completely messed up my schedule because I had to watch the pot like a hawk so I couldn't prepare my late additions or yeast or sanitize everything.
Now here is my questions: I did lose quite a bit of wort from boiling over the pot. Will this deprive my final 5 gallons of precious wort? (It wasn't a full boil so I added at the end to 5 1/4 gallons in the primary)
Seeing as how I didn't keep a consistent rolling boil due to the boil overs, will my beer suffer because of this? Were my hops utilized properly?
Everything went well up to when I added the hops. Now, I do know that adding hops can cause the wort to foam like crazy and I had very small boil overs before but this was ridiculous. The thing would not stop boiling over!! I literally had to stand there for the full hour and keep taking it off the burner and stir it. On and off, on and off. This completely messed up my schedule because I had to watch the pot like a hawk so I couldn't prepare my late additions or yeast or sanitize everything.
Now here is my questions: I did lose quite a bit of wort from boiling over the pot. Will this deprive my final 5 gallons of precious wort? (It wasn't a full boil so I added at the end to 5 1/4 gallons in the primary)
Seeing as how I didn't keep a consistent rolling boil due to the boil overs, will my beer suffer because of this? Were my hops utilized properly?