I'm looking at trying an extract brew with just pale LME (all I have a available) and selected hops, whatever. And maybe some Crystal.
I'll be doing it outdoors so I'm thinking of the springtime. And rather than buying equipment I don't have (huge boil pay, burner that can support it), I'm wondering if I can get away with using my current technique with prehopped kits.
Basically, Can I dissolve and boil all my LME into say, 1 or 2 gallons of water. Add my hops or whatever, and then add to 3-4 gallons of cooled water to bring to pitching temp.
If so I could just use my current pot and the burner on my barbeque. It's more of an experiment so I'd hope to avoid expenses until I get the hang of it. Plus if I chill the wort by adding to cold water (which seems to work really well for me using 1 gallon and 4 gallons of cold with pre-hopped kits), do I need a wort chiller?
Can I get away with just boiling with 1 gallon of water and then dilute? I tried looking this up but I didn't get a definitive answer.
Thanks
I'll be doing it outdoors so I'm thinking of the springtime. And rather than buying equipment I don't have (huge boil pay, burner that can support it), I'm wondering if I can get away with using my current technique with prehopped kits.
Basically, Can I dissolve and boil all my LME into say, 1 or 2 gallons of water. Add my hops or whatever, and then add to 3-4 gallons of cooled water to bring to pitching temp.
If so I could just use my current pot and the burner on my barbeque. It's more of an experiment so I'd hope to avoid expenses until I get the hang of it. Plus if I chill the wort by adding to cold water (which seems to work really well for me using 1 gallon and 4 gallons of cold with pre-hopped kits), do I need a wort chiller?
Can I get away with just boiling with 1 gallon of water and then dilute? I tried looking this up but I didn't get a definitive answer.
Thanks