jambop
Well-Known Member
Hi
I am not totally new to brewing but its been a while Anyway I want to get back into it to make beer like I used to get back home in the UK. I live in France nice country ...meh beer. I have a question about grain brewing. I got rid of all my brewing gear when I moved to France but can buy the crushed grain and hops easily enough but I do not have a very large vessel to boil the wort in 11L is my biggest. I do not want to spend money on a bigger one just now because I do not know if I will stick with it. So here is the question can I make my beer just a little bit higher gravity and dilute the boiled wort by adding boiled water to bring it back to the desired starting gravity? I would probably prefer to make 12.5L per brew that gives me sixteen swing top 75cl bottles which will probably last me three weeks. So if I get into a routine I could be brewing every two weeks.
The other alternative is to use two kettles to mash and boil as I also have an 8L pot and just combine the boiled wort do 8L in one and 5L in the other? all answers greatly appreciated.
I am not totally new to brewing but its been a while Anyway I want to get back into it to make beer like I used to get back home in the UK. I live in France nice country ...meh beer. I have a question about grain brewing. I got rid of all my brewing gear when I moved to France but can buy the crushed grain and hops easily enough but I do not have a very large vessel to boil the wort in 11L is my biggest. I do not want to spend money on a bigger one just now because I do not know if I will stick with it. So here is the question can I make my beer just a little bit higher gravity and dilute the boiled wort by adding boiled water to bring it back to the desired starting gravity? I would probably prefer to make 12.5L per brew that gives me sixteen swing top 75cl bottles which will probably last me three weeks. So if I get into a routine I could be brewing every two weeks.
The other alternative is to use two kettles to mash and boil as I also have an 8L pot and just combine the boiled wort do 8L in one and 5L in the other? all answers greatly appreciated.