muhteeus
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I will finally have all of my equipment rounded up by this weekend and I am looking to being my adventure with an extract kit, Northern Brewer: The Inkeeper. The instructions call for steeping the specialty grains in 2.5 gallons of water, 20 min @170F. After they want to begin the boil.
If I want to do a full boil (finished wort @ 5gal) can I just calculate the preboil volume for the grain bill and LME/DME in beersmith? I think I would have a ton of boil off in a 10gallon kettle. Or should I steep the grains in 2.5 gallons, add more water then boil?
Also, when they talk about bottle conditioning, can I just keg condition? I own everything I need to fully temperature control this process, so it should not be an issue.
For reference I am using a 10 gallon Spike Brewing Kettle and an outdoor Blichmann burner.
I will finally have all of my equipment rounded up by this weekend and I am looking to being my adventure with an extract kit, Northern Brewer: The Inkeeper. The instructions call for steeping the specialty grains in 2.5 gallons of water, 20 min @170F. After they want to begin the boil.
If I want to do a full boil (finished wort @ 5gal) can I just calculate the preboil volume for the grain bill and LME/DME in beersmith? I think I would have a ton of boil off in a 10gallon kettle. Or should I steep the grains in 2.5 gallons, add more water then boil?
Also, when they talk about bottle conditioning, can I just keg condition? I own everything I need to fully temperature control this process, so it should not be an issue.
For reference I am using a 10 gallon Spike Brewing Kettle and an outdoor Blichmann burner.