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Ok. I steeped for 45 minutes with lid on. My temp never got below 190. The wort smells great. Can't wait to taste the final product.

Thanks for the reply!

I plan to brew a recipe that has four hop additions. Here is how the recipe reads: 24.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (85 min) Hops 34.9 IBU 24.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (45 min) Hops 30.1 IBU 24.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops - 24.00 gm Chinook [13.00 %] (15 min) Hops 16.3...

Thanks for the information. I will cease worrying about it. 20% is better than I hoped.

Sorry, forgot some information on the previous post. Here is everything: 1.7 oz Fuggle hops: 8 HBU (224 MBU) - 60 min of boiling 1 oz Kent Goldings hops: 6 HBU (168 MBU) - 30 min of boiling 1 oz Kent Goldings hops: 6 HBU (168 MBU) - 3 minutes of boiling .5 oz American Crystal for dry hopping -...

Thanks for the response...... 1.7 oz Fuggle hops - 60 min of boiling 1 oz Kent Goldings hops - 30 min of boiling 1 oz Kent Goldings hops - 3 minutes of boiling .5 oz American Crystal for dry hopping - obviously, I haven't done this yet because we brewed last night.

So, last night we brewed the "good life IPA" from the book "the Joy of Home Brewing." According to the recipe, we should have ended up with 6 gallons of wort, after boil. Turns out, we only ended up with 3.5 gallons, or so. We were confused, but the recipe said to add cold water in the fermenter...