Too much to boil off?

[Bixter1]

So I flaked and doubled my starting water in my mash. I already have it in there and plan on to just boil off what I need to. Is this an issue? Would it change the flavor by brewing so long? I will calculate the time and add the hops at the right spots towards the end. Will I get maltodextrins or anything??

-Bix

 

[Yooper]

What volume did you end up mashing with? How many quarts of water per pound of grain?

If you're not much over 2 quarts/pound, you'd probably be fine to just subtract water out of the sparge water. If you're way over, you may have pH issues.

 

[Bixter1]

I was way over.. I boiled it for about 3 hours and got my #s.... I used a 5.2 ph buffer. maybe that would help. It tasted good going into the fermenter.

 

[Bixter1]

This turned out fine!

 

[shaggybudd]

thats good. Why did you want to add so much more water to boil off? Do you normally end up boiling off too much?

 

[Bixter1]

O, I was drinking and spaced out!

 

[kh54s10]

O, I was drinking and spaced out!

The evils of alcohol consumption. You must give up this perversive practice.