smata67
Well-Known Member
In looking at Papazian's recipes in Joy, I see he has several different boil sizes for different recipes. For example, the Itsok Kolsch boil is quite low in size (1.5 gallon into 3.5 cold water) while others are 2.5 gallon. So, when I do this recipe, does it matter if I go with his 1.5 gallon boil size instead of, let's say 2.5 gallon (and pour into 2.5 gallon cold)? What is the impact on adjusting the size of the boil, is it significant or insignificant in this particular batch size (5 gallon)?