jlfindley74
Active Member
Last night i brewed a very basic porter recipe. i started with 3 gallons of water, steep my grains at 165 for 20 mins, then brought it to a boil, removed it from the burner, stirred in my DME, started a timer for 60 mins, added my first hop addition (1oz tettnang), at 15 mins left, i added 1 tsp irish moss, then added my second hop addition (1oz hallertau) with 10 left in boil. then i added 1 oz of simcoe with 5 mins left (this was not part of the recipe, i added this hop addition in just for the hell of it because...well i like simcoe and, why not see what a porter with a little hop forward flavor is all about)?
once my 60 mins was up and i killed the flame and chill my wort to 70 degrees, i was at almost exactly 2 gallons of wort. i then transferred the 2 gallons of wort to my primary fermenter, topped off with 3 gallons of 70 degree water to bring my final volume to 5 gallons, pitched my yeast, and capped off the carboy with the airlock. so here is my question: that is the most water ive ever added to my wort. it looked like it really thinned it out. did i loose too much in my boil? how will this affect the final product? or will it? starting with 3 gallons, ending with 2 gallons of wort, then adding another 3 gallons to bring to final volume. is that fairly normal???
once my 60 mins was up and i killed the flame and chill my wort to 70 degrees, i was at almost exactly 2 gallons of wort. i then transferred the 2 gallons of wort to my primary fermenter, topped off with 3 gallons of 70 degree water to bring my final volume to 5 gallons, pitched my yeast, and capped off the carboy with the airlock. so here is my question: that is the most water ive ever added to my wort. it looked like it really thinned it out. did i loose too much in my boil? how will this affect the final product? or will it? starting with 3 gallons, ending with 2 gallons of wort, then adding another 3 gallons to bring to final volume. is that fairly normal???