mgr_stl
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I brewed my second batch ever today (a Brewer's Best IPA extract kit), and things went pretty well except for the steeping. I decided to steep in 1 gallon of water after reading some posts on this thread. It was much more difficult to maintain the proper temp for the smaller amount of water, and I ended up steeping my grains for 5 of the 20 minutes a bit too hot (about 172 degrees). Do you think this was hot enough to have significantly bad implic1ations for this batch?
Also, I boiled 6 gallons, and it ended up being a bit less than the 5 specified by the kit so I boiled a bit more and added it (after cooling it a bit). After topping it off to exactly 5 gallons, my OG was 1.063, but the kit specified an OG of 1.053-1.057. In that situation, would you typically do what I did or keep adding water, mixing, and measuring the OG until is was within the range of the kit?
Also, I boiled 6 gallons, and it ended up being a bit less than the 5 specified by the kit so I boiled a bit more and added it (after cooling it a bit). After topping it off to exactly 5 gallons, my OG was 1.063, but the kit specified an OG of 1.053-1.057. In that situation, would you typically do what I did or keep adding water, mixing, and measuring the OG until is was within the range of the kit?