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It also took a longer time to boil than I expected. How long after you add the maltose and extract when you just say **** it and start the timer for the 60minute boil. Say after you add the extract 25 minutes later its not boiling can you just start the timer. It eventually came to a boil. I...

Today I brewed my first cream ale. So basically I put the boiled wort into the ferm bucket and tried to cool it that way, which trying to cool 5 gals in a plastic tube is a lot harder then 3 gal in the pot. Took almost 1 hour to cool the wiry to 75 degrees. Well this effect the outcome of my brew