Although I aspire to a huge kettle and propane outdoor setup someday, for now I'm stuck cooking in the kitchen using a 5 gallon kettle. As we all know, can't fill that sucker up all the way due to things getting potentially getting exciting should a boil-over strike.
As such, during the course of the boil, I lose a good amount of water, which of course limits my hop utilization and makes it harder to hit my intended specs.
I'm wondering whether it would be detrimental in any way if I pre-boiled additional water and added during the course of the cook, stopping perhaps 10 minutes until the end from a sanitation just-in-case perspective.
Thoughts? Should I just leave as is, adding water when the wort goes in the fermenter to get up to my five gallon batch size?
I do plan on getting better gear someday to that a can do a full boil with no issues whatsoever, that that is not this day.
As such, during the course of the boil, I lose a good amount of water, which of course limits my hop utilization and makes it harder to hit my intended specs.
I'm wondering whether it would be detrimental in any way if I pre-boiled additional water and added during the course of the cook, stopping perhaps 10 minutes until the end from a sanitation just-in-case perspective.
Thoughts? Should I just leave as is, adding water when the wort goes in the fermenter to get up to my five gallon batch size?
I do plan on getting better gear someday to that a can do a full boil with no issues whatsoever, that that is not this day.