Full boil

[mss]

So I'm new to brewing, lm doing extract kits, so my question is; Is it better to do full boils with the extract kits? Or does it matter? I have the equipment to do a full boil. 8 gallon pot with propane burner. Advice is appreciated! Thanks

 

[bho]

Is your extract already hopped?

 

[mss]

No I will be adding pellet hops to the boil.

 

[Yooper]

In general, yes, a full boil will produce a better beer and I'd always advise to boil the most you can even if not a total volume of the whole batch.

The hard thing is trying to chill 5 gallons of boiling wort! Many people who do a smaller boil can chill it in the sink, and it cools quickly. Then they add cold water to get to their pitching temperature for the yeast- generally in the 60s. With 5 gallons of boiling wort, it can be very hard to do without a wort chiller.

So, if you can chill the full boil, then you'd be all set!

 

[WileECoyote]

What Yooper said.

This might help with cooling 5 gal of wort.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/entries/cooling-wort-fast-without-chiller.html

Cheers

 

[BigFloyd]

In general, yes, a full boil will produce a better beer and I'd always advise to boil the most you can even if not a total volume of the whole batch.

The hard thing is trying to chill 5 gallons of boiling wort! Many people who do a smaller boil can chill it in the sink, and it cools quickly. Then they add cold water to get to their pitching temperature for the yeast- generally in the 60s. With 5 gallons of boiling wort, it can be very hard to do without a wort chiller.

So, if you can chill the full boil, then you'd be all set!

+1 (as usual)

If you have a large enough brew pot (8+ gallons) and are ready to build/buy a wort chiller, you're good to go.:rockin:

Personally, I don't even want to try and cool 5 gallons of liquid from boiling to 65*F w/o a wort chiller.