silverbullet07
Well-Known Member
I have a few questions as I prepare for my first brew session.
I am going to do a partial mash using a 2 gal coleman jug. I have been reading about the process and have a question after you remove the 1st wort and before your next sparge step.
I have read some sources that you should put the first wort in .5 gal boiling water and continue with bringing it up to boiling while wating for the 2nd or 3rd wort.
The reason listed was "(Pouring the wort into the boiling water will stop any enzymatic activity and fix the fermentability of that wort. This serves the same purpose as a mash out does in a full mash.)"
I have read other source that just say put it in the brew pot while wating for the 2nd and or third wort to be added then bring to boil. (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Partial_Mash_Simplified)
I was wanting take a gravity reading after I collect the wort so that I can determin my effiency rate. Which seems to be hard if it is boiling.
Will the 2nd way be good enough?
Another question is with my begining boil size. I set my recipe to use a boil size of 6.5 gal. Am I right to think that this 6.5 gal is with my extact added? Should I bring 5.5 - 6 gal to boil, then add my extract and see how much is in my pot, then add water to 6.5?
Also, 10 min before boil is complete, can I add any water that boiled off to get me back to the 5 gal batcg size?
thanks
I am going to do a partial mash using a 2 gal coleman jug. I have been reading about the process and have a question after you remove the 1st wort and before your next sparge step.
I have read some sources that you should put the first wort in .5 gal boiling water and continue with bringing it up to boiling while wating for the 2nd or 3rd wort.
The reason listed was "(Pouring the wort into the boiling water will stop any enzymatic activity and fix the fermentability of that wort. This serves the same purpose as a mash out does in a full mash.)"
I have read other source that just say put it in the brew pot while wating for the 2nd and or third wort to be added then bring to boil. (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Partial_Mash_Simplified)
I was wanting take a gravity reading after I collect the wort so that I can determin my effiency rate. Which seems to be hard if it is boiling.
Will the 2nd way be good enough?
Another question is with my begining boil size. I set my recipe to use a boil size of 6.5 gal. Am I right to think that this 6.5 gal is with my extact added? Should I bring 5.5 - 6 gal to boil, then add my extract and see how much is in my pot, then add water to 6.5?
Also, 10 min before boil is complete, can I add any water that boiled off to get me back to the 5 gal batcg size?
thanks