Sudz
Well-Known Member
This weekend I was making a new brew using my new Hurricane burner and a new 15 gal SS pot. The burner has been modified to run on NG and I was curious to see how it would handle things. The new SS pot has a rather broad base which really offers a optimum surface for big heat.
Anyway, this setup cooks... maybe too well. The boil was really intense and I discovered I had failed to mark the pot so I didn't have a clue as to how much wort I was working with. This isn't normally a big deal since my previous brews tend to come out right on target with respect to volume (6.5 boiled to 5.5 gal).
This time however, the boil eliminated much more than I expected. I ended up adding about 2 gal of bottled spring water to the final product to get the volume back. The OG was targeted for 1.051 and I ended up with 1.052 so I guess things will be okay.
Are there any issues with this correction I should be aware of?
I'm assuming the bottled water is okay without a boil so this is kinda like making an extract brew from a all grain process I guess. And this was done using about 2/3 throttle on the Hurricane.
Comments?
Anyway, this setup cooks... maybe too well. The boil was really intense and I discovered I had failed to mark the pot so I didn't have a clue as to how much wort I was working with. This isn't normally a big deal since my previous brews tend to come out right on target with respect to volume (6.5 boiled to 5.5 gal).
This time however, the boil eliminated much more than I expected. I ended up adding about 2 gal of bottled spring water to the final product to get the volume back. The OG was targeted for 1.051 and I ended up with 1.052 so I guess things will be okay.
Are there any issues with this correction I should be aware of?
I'm assuming the bottled water is okay without a boil so this is kinda like making an extract brew from a all grain process I guess. And this was done using about 2/3 throttle on the Hurricane.
Comments?