Advice on buying equipment

[bengerman]

Nah, that ain't it. The difference between partial boil and full boil is boiling the higher gravity wort of the former causes increased caramelization...

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that, and lower hop utilization in the smaller boil.

 

[day_trippr]

that, and lower hop utilization in the smaller boil.

That's true as well...

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[cayergeau]

Nah, that ain't it. The difference between partial boil and full boil is boiling the higher gravity wort of the former causes increased caramelization...

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Does that mean that the sugars that would otherwise have been fermentable are no longer available for that? If that's the case, how big of a difference is there in the available fermentable sugar level? I certainly wouldn't mind having a higher alcohol content...