Boil size questions

silvergti · Oct 3, 2012

I frequent other brewers recipes and see that most of them have boil sizes larger than I am able to do. As a top off extract/partial mash brewer I am aware of the formula of appropriate top of levels to achieve gravity. This does apply to all recipes, correct? Sorry for the ******* question. When I read about that formula, it was in accordance to converting AG to extract and what to do with the top off.

MVC

BrewerBear · Oct 4, 2012

You are better off to boil as much as you can for extract or all grain brewing.If you cannot do a full boil then boil what you can and top off to needed level.

ArcLight · Oct 4, 2012

I'd like to know what scientific evidence there is that proves that a full boil tastes better than a "75% full" boil that requires a gallon or two of top off water.
I understand why you want eater for mash thickness.
But what difference does it make if you boil 4 gallons, end up with 3, and add 2 gallons at the end, as opposed to boiling 6 and ending up with 5?

Krovitz · Oct 4, 2012

I do partial mash/ partial boils. I have no scientific evidence but I did take 1st place at a local homebrew competition against many all grain/ full boil beers. There are a lot of tips and tricks on these forums to maximize the quality of partial boils.

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