Also, can't say as to where I heard this but is it not ok to leave a lid on cracked during my boil to cut down the loss? I've heard it's not good to do that due to the hot break.
Also, can't say as to where I heard this but is it not ok to leave a lid on cracked during my boil to cut down the loss? I've heard it's not good to do that due to the hot break.
Well that's a pretty neat thing but I'd rather not add more junk into the beer ya know. I really appreciate your quick responses. At this point I need a bigger pot so I don't boil over. I'm 6 batches in on this home brew gig and its constantly changing. I do enjoy it tho. Maybe shouldn't have jumped right into all grain brewing huh
Well that's a pretty neat thing but I'd rather not add more junk into the beer ya know. I really appreciate your quick responses. At this point I need a bigger pot so I don't boil over. I'm 6 batches in on this home brew gig and its constantly changing. I do enjoy it tho. Maybe shouldn't have jumped right into all grain brewing huh
Pre boil gravity was 1.040. I was trying to hit 1.070 but only hit 1.061.
feinbera said:I think your pre-boil gravity might be more of an issue here than any boil-overs; going from 1.040 to 1.070 is nearly doubling the sugar concentration -- which means boiling off almost half the water.
Unless you're intentionally doing something weird, you're not going to be boiling off more than 20% or so of your pre-boil water, so, you should be looking for pre-boil gravity that's under the post-boil target by 20% or less. A 1.040 pre-boil probably won't break 1.048 when all is said and done (you must've boiled off about 2 gallons to hit 1.061, which is a lot), and you'd want to start around 1.056 pre-boil to hit 1.070 post.
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