WTexan said:Well the boil to me never really boiled, if that makes any since. I started out with a 2.5 gal boil and add my grains (this was an extract). Once the temp got to 200 I removed my grains because by that pinot it had been on the stove for an hour. I added my first batch of hops and reduced heat trying to get temp down to 170-175. I added another .5 gal of water to get there. I help that temp for the remainder of the boil but it still looked like a vigorous simmer never broke the top. I went in and added hops at 30 and 10 min.
I put the wort in an ice bath and cooled down to 85. I then poured my wort in my carboy that I had 2 gallons of water in after that I shook vigorously for 3 min.
During that time I rehydrated my yeast using 1 cup of water and bringing it up to 100 and then took of the stove and let cool to room temp. The yeast I used was Dry Ale Safale US 05
Well the boil to me never really boiled, if that makes any since. I started out with a 2.5 gal boil and add my grains (this was an extract). Once the temp got to 200 I removed my grains because by that pinot it had been on the stove for an hour. I added my first batch of hops and reduced heat trying to get temp down to 170-175. I added another .5 gal of water to get there. I help that temp for the remainder of the boil but it still looked like a vigorous simmer never broke the top. I went in and added hops at 30 and 10 min.
I put the wort in an ice bath and cooled down to 85. I then poured my wort in my carboy that I had 2 gallons of water in after that I shook vigorously for 3 min.
During that time I rehydrated my yeast using 1 cup of water and bringing it up to 100 and then took of the stove and let cool to room temp. The yeast I used was Dry Ale Safale US 05
Helibrewer I thought I had to reduce the heat to 170-175 to keep it from burning. I know that is contradictory statement since I never got to a boil. Moving to a propane burner is defiantly in my notes to do on my next batch.
Beergynt do you think dry hopping will do any good?
The yeast I used was Dry Ale Safale US 05
WTexan said:Helibrewer what I was also afraid of was that since it did hit 200 I would also kill some of the sugars.
Helibrewer what I was also afraid of was that since it did hit 200 I would also kill some of the sugars.
helibrewer said:Well boiling is 212F and the wort is meant to be boiled from 60-90 minutes...you cannot harm the sugars through the normal boiling process.
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