hi,
i have been brewing a while and just had a thought that i probably should of thought about along time ago. when brewing a batch should i use 5 gallons of water then when i had the malt (extract) the volume will rise or should i brew with say 3 gallons of water, add malt and what not, then top off the total volume to 5 gallons? basically, should the total finish wort be 5 gallons or should it be more because of the addition of the extracts?
if it ends up more than 5 gallons, is it safe to add more priming sugar and if so, how much? seems like the beer could be a touch fizzier.
cheers,
dean
i have been brewing a while and just had a thought that i probably should of thought about along time ago. when brewing a batch should i use 5 gallons of water then when i had the malt (extract) the volume will rise or should i brew with say 3 gallons of water, add malt and what not, then top off the total volume to 5 gallons? basically, should the total finish wort be 5 gallons or should it be more because of the addition of the extracts?
if it ends up more than 5 gallons, is it safe to add more priming sugar and if so, how much? seems like the beer could be a touch fizzier.
cheers,
dean