I recently got a 8 gallon Polarware SS pot off of CL, so now i can do full boils. I am brewing a Newcastle clone from MHS, extract with specialty grains.
Should I go with ~6 gallon boil, instead of the 3 gallon that the kit calls for. The main thing I am concerned about is cooling the wort, I am planning on doing a ice bath in the tub. Around 10 lbs of ice should do it?
I was thinking about freezing some boiled water and putting that in the wort. I was reading in "How to Brew," that oxidation of the wort can occur when oxygen is introduced at temps over 80 degrees. This can cause a cardboard taste, how typical is this? Have you ever dumped cold water or ice in without regard for oxidation, what happened?
This is my 3rd brew so far and I am not looking back.
PS Sorry if my grammar and spelling is horrible, my brain is fried. Two tests in three days both worth 50% is killing me.
Should I go with ~6 gallon boil, instead of the 3 gallon that the kit calls for. The main thing I am concerned about is cooling the wort, I am planning on doing a ice bath in the tub. Around 10 lbs of ice should do it?
I was thinking about freezing some boiled water and putting that in the wort. I was reading in "How to Brew," that oxidation of the wort can occur when oxygen is introduced at temps over 80 degrees. This can cause a cardboard taste, how typical is this? Have you ever dumped cold water or ice in without regard for oxidation, what happened?
This is my 3rd brew so far and I am not looking back.
PS Sorry if my grammar and spelling is horrible, my brain is fried. Two tests in three days both worth 50% is killing me.