i know all of these questions have most likely been asked before but i like to get new answers first hand that pertain more to me.
first off i'm really excited to do this. just ordered the brew kit and ingredients kit(scottish 60) from northern brewer. i'm a little confused though on what i need to do on brew day. i've read most of palmers "how to brew" online book and in the first section he mentions boiling first two galons of water then putting it into the fermenter, then using a 3 gal boil kettle boil your ingredients and add them to the water in the fermenter. i don't have a 5 gal boil kettle, is this an ok practice to use? i was just thinking that 5 gal worth of ingredients concentrated into 3 gal of water would be bad? has anyone done this and does it work well?
and im gonna be doing this on a household stove that was made around early 2000's. it's electric will this be enough heat to keep a steady boil going?
and any other tips are welcome thanks guys this forum rocks:rockin:
first off i'm really excited to do this. just ordered the brew kit and ingredients kit(scottish 60) from northern brewer. i'm a little confused though on what i need to do on brew day. i've read most of palmers "how to brew" online book and in the first section he mentions boiling first two galons of water then putting it into the fermenter, then using a 3 gal boil kettle boil your ingredients and add them to the water in the fermenter. i don't have a 5 gal boil kettle, is this an ok practice to use? i was just thinking that 5 gal worth of ingredients concentrated into 3 gal of water would be bad? has anyone done this and does it work well?
and im gonna be doing this on a household stove that was made around early 2000's. it's electric will this be enough heat to keep a steady boil going?
and any other tips are welcome thanks guys this forum rocks:rockin: