bmorris1
Well-Known Member
Ok, question for the AG guru's.
My last batch called for a 90 minute boil which I had not done yet. My first two AG's were 60 minute boils done on very cold, but humid days.
I boiled off a little over a gallon on each of the 60 minute boils, so I decided to collect about 7.5 gallons of runnings for this batch. It must have been less humid that day, and I noticed during the boil that I was losing quite a bit more volume, so I added about a gallon at the 60 minute mark of the boil.
I ended up with just the right amount to transfer after cooling (5.5 gals).
Anyone see anything wrong in doing this? I understand that it may not be the best practice, and I should have collected more runnings, but I figured that if you "top up" doing partial boil extract batches, then it shouldn't hurt anything.
Just curious.... Can't wait to try this one out (its a Ruination clone from BYO).
PS.. forgot to mention that my OG was spot on, so it didn't hurt efficiancy or anything like that....
My last batch called for a 90 minute boil which I had not done yet. My first two AG's were 60 minute boils done on very cold, but humid days.
I boiled off a little over a gallon on each of the 60 minute boils, so I decided to collect about 7.5 gallons of runnings for this batch. It must have been less humid that day, and I noticed during the boil that I was losing quite a bit more volume, so I added about a gallon at the 60 minute mark of the boil.
I ended up with just the right amount to transfer after cooling (5.5 gals).
Anyone see anything wrong in doing this? I understand that it may not be the best practice, and I should have collected more runnings, but I figured that if you "top up" doing partial boil extract batches, then it shouldn't hurt anything.
Just curious.... Can't wait to try this one out (its a Ruination clone from BYO).
PS.. forgot to mention that my OG was spot on, so it didn't hurt efficiancy or anything like that....