Boil time?

[bendog15]

Can I boil wort longer than an hour?

I started with 6 gallons of water in my kettle. After I added the malt extract, the fluid level is almost to the top of the kettle (almost 8 gallons). The directions say to boil for an hour. Since my kettle is so full, I was going to boil longer (maybe 2 hours) so it reduces down to the 5 gallon range. I will still just add the hops for 55 minutes and then 5 min for aromatics.

Will boiling longer hurt the wort?

 

[petrolSpice]

You used almost 2 gallons of extract?!

 

[LLBeanJ]

It's perfectly fine to boil longer if needed to reduce the volume. Just be aware that it will result in a darker beer due to caramelization of the extract. It shouldn't have much of an impact on flavor, though.

 

[bendog15]

You used almost 2 gallons of extract?!

Yeah that's what came with the kit. Didn't realize how much extract I had until i dumped it in the kettle and it filled up all the way to the top.

 

[petrolSpice]

My rough math suggests that 2 gal of LME is about 24 lbs. What are you making exactly?

 

[flars]

Do you have another kettle to boil some of that wort in? Another container to save half the wort in and then do a second boil combining the two in the fermentor?

 

[Frostbrewer]

wow, what kit/recipe is this? thats a huge LME addition. hindsight and whatnot but it probably would have been beneficial to do some late addition with that much.

 

[bajaedition]

wow 24 pounds of DME in 5 gallons, that is in teh strong wine range of Specific gravity