Evaporation loss question

BeeRad77 · Mar 27, 2011

I just used my converted keg boil pot for the first time last night. I did a 90 minute boil, and put in 6.5 gallons of water, figuring I would maybe need to top of my carboy to get to six gallons at the end. I was a bit shocked when after 90 minutes I had 2.5 gallons of wort. Any suggestions on how to avoid the extreme loss to evaporation?

passedpawn · Mar 27, 2011

Whoah, you boiled off 4 gallons in 1.5 hours? Never heard of such a thing. Maybe turn down the flame a bit.

BeeRad77 · Mar 27, 2011

It really don't think it was on too high, but it must have been.

mky375 · Mar 27, 2011

I've had something similar happen, it was real cold that night and was doing my final boil outside.

Started with 6.5 gallons thinking I would lose a gallon in a hour ended up losing 2.5 gallons.

Still made good beer though even though it was pretty strong, good thing it was an IPA.

paraordnance · Mar 27, 2011

not sure how you guys losing so much to evaporation. I brewed in -25C outside and never lost more than 1.5-2 gallons during 90 min boil. I'm always on target for my final volume and its been consistent

mky375 · Mar 27, 2011

I'm not even sure the cold caused it, it could have been low humidity that night or I had my burner up way to high or something else...

I have no idea what caused me to loose so much to evaporation that night.I knew it wasn't normal... but I'll be damned if I can figure out what happened.

I was just saying, sometimes s*** happens

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