Full boil w/ Brewers Best

[AmusedBystander]

I'm moving to full boils these days for 5 gallon batches. I mostly use Brewers Best kits. My question is, is there anything I should do differently since the instructions and ingredient amounts are for partial boils? The hop bitterness will be stronger, right? Anything else?

 

[MalFet]

Yep, and you'll probably end up with a slightly ligher (in color) beer, too.

 

[AmusedBystander]

I had a higher gravity this time than I usually get with partial boils. I'm dyin' to know how it taste.

 

[malkore]

I had a higher gravity this time than I usually get with partial boils. I'm dyin' to know how it taste.

partial vs. full has nothing to do with gravity when brewing extracts.

either you didn't mix your partial boils sufficiently into the top off water (leading to a false-low reading), or you didn't end up with the proper final volume of water in the full boil.

Extract gravity is a constant.