I'm extract brewing and my kit instructions have said to start the boil with 2.5 gallons, chill and top up with another 2.5 in the fermenter. With the goal of a 5 gallon batch, should I most likely be adding more than 2.5 gallons to compensate for boil off? Or does the kit assume this and the batch size is really under 5 gallons?
As far as steeping grains or partial mashing, can someone give me advice on maintaining a steady temperature on my electric stove? I've been just steeping inside my boil pot but I'm constantly overshooting my target temp and then having to turn the burner off completely and move the pot to a cold burner. Then it'll start to drop so I move it back only to encounter the same problem.
Thank you!
As far as steeping grains or partial mashing, can someone give me advice on maintaining a steady temperature on my electric stove? I've been just steeping inside my boil pot but I'm constantly overshooting my target temp and then having to turn the burner off completely and move the pot to a cold burner. Then it'll start to drop so I move it back only to encounter the same problem.
Thank you!