Penghu Brews
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Hello everyone. New brewer here (well, on my fifth batch of the summer and totally addicted!) This forum has been a huge help to me and so here I am with my first post. Please be gentle!
I've so far been doing 1 gallon batches from extract (light DME) and experimenting with different recipes, trying to create a tasty IPA that I can then scale up. Well, I think I've hit upon a winner and now I want to produce a little more than my usual five large bottles (a lot of work and time for so little beer!).
However, I'm working in a small kitchen with an underwhelming burner and no wort chiller. Boiling 2 gallons of water to produce one gallon of wort and then using an ice bath (in my sink) to bring temp down to 65 is no problem but producing 2 gallons this way is unfeasible. My gas hob couldn't keep a boil going and there's no way I could chill that much wort in my sink.
So I'm thinking I "half and half" it. Brew a gallon of wort following my normal hop schedule -60min boil adding dme and hops at start, middle and end- and in the meantime mix DME with 1 gallon cold (pre-boiled) water in my sanitized fermenter. Then, after chilling boiled wort in ice bath, add to the fermenter and Voilà! 2 gallons of wort. Aerate and pitch yeast as normal.
Will this work? Will the DME dissolve in cold water? Are there any problems I might create with this method? Or does anyone have a better suggestion how I can scale up my extract recipe without a wort chiller? I really appreciate any and all suggestions. Cheers!
I've so far been doing 1 gallon batches from extract (light DME) and experimenting with different recipes, trying to create a tasty IPA that I can then scale up. Well, I think I've hit upon a winner and now I want to produce a little more than my usual five large bottles (a lot of work and time for so little beer!).
However, I'm working in a small kitchen with an underwhelming burner and no wort chiller. Boiling 2 gallons of water to produce one gallon of wort and then using an ice bath (in my sink) to bring temp down to 65 is no problem but producing 2 gallons this way is unfeasible. My gas hob couldn't keep a boil going and there's no way I could chill that much wort in my sink.
So I'm thinking I "half and half" it. Brew a gallon of wort following my normal hop schedule -60min boil adding dme and hops at start, middle and end- and in the meantime mix DME with 1 gallon cold (pre-boiled) water in my sanitized fermenter. Then, after chilling boiled wort in ice bath, add to the fermenter and Voilà! 2 gallons of wort. Aerate and pitch yeast as normal.
Will this work? Will the DME dissolve in cold water? Are there any problems I might create with this method? Or does anyone have a better suggestion how I can scale up my extract recipe without a wort chiller? I really appreciate any and all suggestions. Cheers!