JoefromPhilly
Well-Known Member
Greetings,
I am brand new to this, and and was reading about how extract brewing does not make full use of the bittering hops, namely that you are not boiling the full wort, and thus, it will not absorb all of the alpha acids.
Have any of you experienced any hops-related issues, and if so, how do you adjust for the fact that you are only boiling a portion of your wort and then just dumping it into the fermenter with the rest of the water?
Also, what beer bottles work well if you want to bottle? I had a case of Stella, and I had plenty of capping problems. The bottles I got from my LHBS worked perfectly.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I am brand new to this, and and was reading about how extract brewing does not make full use of the bittering hops, namely that you are not boiling the full wort, and thus, it will not absorb all of the alpha acids.
Have any of you experienced any hops-related issues, and if so, how do you adjust for the fact that you are only boiling a portion of your wort and then just dumping it into the fermenter with the rest of the water?
Also, what beer bottles work well if you want to bottle? I had a case of Stella, and I had plenty of capping problems. The bottles I got from my LHBS worked perfectly.
Thanks in advance for any help.