RogueVassar
Well-Known Member
My wife took the kids yesterday and suggested that I should brew. I didn't think twice and jumped at it since I had recently gotten the ingredients for the 60 minute IPA Dogfish-clone from "Extreme Brewing." (I know there's a similar recipe on these boards but decided to go with this one first)
Luckily I did a quick read of the instructions to make sure there wasn't anything tricky and step one is to boil 6 gallons of water. I stare at my 5 gallon pot and the clock wondering how to handle it. Decided to run over to my neighbors and borrow their stockpot and split the batch up into two pots. There was a bit of craziness and my first boil over in the smaller pot (still cleaning that up!) but otherwise it seemed to be a success. I had wanted to do a full boil but assumed that I would have more than five minutes notice beforehand.
Luckily I did a quick read of the instructions to make sure there wasn't anything tricky and step one is to boil 6 gallons of water. I stare at my 5 gallon pot and the clock wondering how to handle it. Decided to run over to my neighbors and borrow their stockpot and split the batch up into two pots. There was a bit of craziness and my first boil over in the smaller pot (still cleaning that up!) but otherwise it seemed to be a success. I had wanted to do a full boil but assumed that I would have more than five minutes notice beforehand.