Mogref,
A 'dern near' full boil
Gentlemen,
I have been brewing extracts for 15-16 years,
{I can't remember}
And during that time I have gone from brewing L.M.E. & D.M.E
{base grains} for alcohol production.
To quantity, {seeing how much ale I can brew in one winter.}
{It was 2,000, 12oz ales}
And now, there isn't any place left to go but quality.
I have been, the last year or so, steeping in speciality grains.
'Octoberfest, Vienna, Crystal Bisquet, Red ale, & Brown ale'.
About a month ago I was thinking...
I spend a lot of time stiring D.M.E. in order to disolve it.
Also much time cooling down a brew pot in order to pitch my yeast.
In fact it seems 'stirring' and 'waiting' is where my brewing time goes.
What would be nessessary in order to brew 10 gallons at once?
I thought about it and another brew pot was about all I would need.
I could stand there and 'stir' the D.M.E in two brew pots,
and 'cool down' two brew pots equally as easily as one.
Hmmmm...
I was impressed with myself.
The solution was so simple!
So I came up with another brew pot.
Then the other day I was reading here and old 'Laughing Gnome'
was praising a full boil and so I tried a 'fuller boil',
ie. 4 gallons, in two brew pots and it tasted good.
And in fact tasted so good,
I drank 5 gallons of it with out even bottling it!
Today I was brewing another batch and I was amazed
at how fast the D.M.E. melts in 4 gallons of water as opposed to just 2.5!
Lots faster!
A split boil is 'Dern near' as good as a 'full boil'
for those of you who are still brewing on a stovetop.
Its better than a 'one brew pot boil'!
A '4 gallon two brew pot' boil
or... a 'Dern near' full boil.
It is so fast I will stick with brewing one batch faster
rather than two at once.
Two brew pots cool much faster than one 'biggun' too.
A 'dern near' full boil, sure enough,
is faster and tastes better.
I have learned something!
Is that cool or what?
JacktheKnife
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