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I'm not sure what you mean. I am brand new to brewing.

One more question. I read in Palmer's that one disadvantage to using whole hops instead of hop pellets is that the hops soak up some of the wort. Would boiling them in water and adding the malt later take care of this problem?

Oh, so if I am making a blond ale (with a gravity of 1051), I might as well boil the hops with all of the extract? But if I ever go to a stronger beer (like a stout), then it would benefit me to boil the hops with half of the extract?

Thanks for the response! I might try that on my next batch.

I have a really dumb question. I am new to home brewing (I have brewed one batch) and was reading in Palmer's book on home brewing that you can get more utilization out of your hops if you only add half of you malt while boiling your hops. My question is why can't you boil the hops in water to...

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