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I was wondering how long brewing ingrediants, such as, grains and hops last if not sealed. Basically how much should I buy at once?

I like to put the container of LME in a pot with water and warm it up a little while im steeping the grains that way its not so thick. If you do this it comes pours beter and spends less time as a syrup at the bottom of the pot where it can burn.

Thanks for the input. I dont think my range top could handle it. So there would be an advantage to boiling as much as possible? Say half, 2.5 gallons, in a 12 qrt. pot? I guess the disadvantage would be longer cool down. For the interest of cool down time why should I not boil only one...

I am an extract Brewer. I am in the market for a boiling pot. Currently I just brew out of my kitchen and I was wondering if I could make a better beer by boiling the whole 5 gallons as oposed to boiling 1.5-2 gallons and then mixing with water. Would buying a 5 gallon pot and trying to heat...