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After many years of reading on how to brew I finally my first brew :) First of all the two thermometers I used went nuts. At some point my wort wasn't boiling and it was displaying 118c... I first though ok maybe since it's not only water it boil to a higher level? 60 minute, I start the...

Oh that's some interesting ideas. Guess it will have to be sanitized at some point like the rest.

I was wondering, what is the easiest way to measure my volume in my pot? How to know how much was lost during boil etc. No way I'll put back my 5-6 gal in a measure cup or something lol

Is the amount of water lost during stepping of any concern? I'm about to brew my first beer, which explains the huge amount of questions :)

Just to make sure, the LME I add count as the total of "liquid" in my recipe right? What I mean is if my partial boil is 4 GAL, all the LME in the partial boil count toward the 4 GAL right? It's not 4 GAL of water + the LME

Alright. So I don't need to cool as fast as possible? Or as long as temp is above a certain level? ( http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter7-4.html it's my current reference )

And LME doesn't need to be boiled to prevent any bacteria?

Oh thank. Also when we say a 4 gal partial boil, it's 4 gal water AND extract right? So in this case it would be for my 4.75 pot (18L) a partial boil of 4 gal (15L) made of 2L of extact and 13L of water, which make up 15L. Then I add my 4L and 9.8oz remaining at the end of the 60 minute boil...

2 pound? Didn't you said 1 pound per galon in the boil? (Just making sure it's not an error :) )

In my case is 4 gal good for the boil? In my recipe I have 6lb 9.8oz of Extract. And when you say flame out, you mean after it has boiled for 1 hour and I close the heat and close to cool it?

I was wondering if my setup (see pic below) makes any sense. Any though?

I'd like to make a 6 gal (23L) extract batch. I have a 4.75 gal (18L) pot so I need to make a partial boil and add water to the fermenter at the end. My question is, does the water of volume used for the partial boil important? I use beersmith to plan my recipes and I'm trying to setup my...