Am going to start my second brew today. First was AHS Christmas beer, the second will be Irish red (both with steeping grains). A couple of questions:
Can I just use the instructions from the first for temperatures/volumes etc. substituting the different extracts, grains and hops?
The instructions say steep in 2 gallons, make up to 3 gallons before adding DME then make up to 5 gallons in the fermenting bucket. Apart from the final volume how important are the volumes for steeping and boiling (ie if I am 0.25 gallons out at the early stages) or will it make a big difference to the final beer if I don't measure water exactly?
Can I just use the instructions from the first for temperatures/volumes etc. substituting the different extracts, grains and hops?
The instructions say steep in 2 gallons, make up to 3 gallons before adding DME then make up to 5 gallons in the fermenting bucket. Apart from the final volume how important are the volumes for steeping and boiling (ie if I am 0.25 gallons out at the early stages) or will it make a big difference to the final beer if I don't measure water exactly?