So I've just purchased my 5 gallon kettle today and figuring out my boil off atm. My kit should be here tomorrow and this is what I was planning to do:
3 gallon initial boil
steep specialty grains
hop additions with a 60 minute boil
add LME into the primary along with the wort
originally I wanted to add the LME to the boil, but looking at my tiny 5 gallon pot with the 3 gallons of boiling water atm (to calculate my boil off) I realize how little headspace I have so I'd imagine add that LME in there and I'd be SOL.
Suggestions and critisims are VERY much welcome.
BTW: Working on an electric stove (I get to a boil, but defiantly not vigorous) and a propane burner is out of the question (at a 3rd story apt with a tiny patio, kind of afraid to brew out there). Forgive me if this question has been answered numerous times, I suppose my searching skills are not up to par
Edit: I suppose my main question is: would you rather decrease the inital boil volume and add that LME into the boil and/or would that affect the outcome of the finished beer significantly?
3 gallon initial boil
steep specialty grains
hop additions with a 60 minute boil
add LME into the primary along with the wort
originally I wanted to add the LME to the boil, but looking at my tiny 5 gallon pot with the 3 gallons of boiling water atm (to calculate my boil off) I realize how little headspace I have so I'd imagine add that LME in there and I'd be SOL.
Suggestions and critisims are VERY much welcome.
BTW: Working on an electric stove (I get to a boil, but defiantly not vigorous) and a propane burner is out of the question (at a 3rd story apt with a tiny patio, kind of afraid to brew out there). Forgive me if this question has been answered numerous times, I suppose my searching skills are not up to par
Edit: I suppose my main question is: would you rather decrease the inital boil volume and add that LME into the boil and/or would that affect the outcome of the finished beer significantly?