aeonderdonk
Well-Known Member
I just brewed 2 Cooper's kits this morning, a friend from work gave them to me to brew and split the beer with him.
I have about 7 extract batches under my belt so I didn't follow their directions at all, i mean 100% did not follow them asking me to dissolve the extract/brewing sugar in 2L water then add more water.
Instead I did what I have always done, boiled water (~3 gallons), add extract and sugar once boiling, boil for an hour, yada yada yada.
This is the first prehopped extract I have used btw.
So my brew is fermenting, blew out the airlock since only an inch of room in a 5G carboy for it. I tasted the foam and WHOA it was hoppy. Should I not have boiled it for a full hour? Is the beer going to be unbearably hoppy?
Anyone else ever do this?
I have about 7 extract batches under my belt so I didn't follow their directions at all, i mean 100% did not follow them asking me to dissolve the extract/brewing sugar in 2L water then add more water.
Instead I did what I have always done, boiled water (~3 gallons), add extract and sugar once boiling, boil for an hour, yada yada yada.
This is the first prehopped extract I have used btw.
So my brew is fermenting, blew out the airlock since only an inch of room in a 5G carboy for it. I tasted the foam and WHOA it was hoppy. Should I not have boiled it for a full hour? Is the beer going to be unbearably hoppy?
Anyone else ever do this?