Mr. Mojo Rising
Well-Known Member
I am planning on doing an APA extract (DME) batch this coming Sunday. I am going to do a 3.25 gallon boil, add 3 pounds of DME and my hops to the 3.25 gallons, at knock out I am going to put in the remaining 9 pounds of DME to pasturize. I have used BeerSmith to help calculate my values so I am within style guidelines. It is from here that I am looking for advice. I plan on cooling with my wort chiller, aerating by pouring back and forth between 5 gallon sanitized pails. I then will pour equal amounts into each of my carboys and fill to the 5 gallon mark. I will attempt to pour equal amounts of my yeast starter at that point also.
Has anyone done this before, any suggestions or pitfalls I should anticipate. I just think that if I am going to all the work of doing a 5 gallon batch I might as well do 10!
Has anyone done this before, any suggestions or pitfalls I should anticipate. I just think that if I am going to all the work of doing a 5 gallon batch I might as well do 10!