caioz1ip, yes, I boil about 2.5 - 3.0 gallons, then top off to 5 gallons at the end. That is sort of what I am thinking. I think it completely desolves, but the fact is 7 - 8 pounds of extract in 2.5 - 3 gallons is much more dense than the same amount of extract in 5 - 6 gallons, so it stands to...