I had considered myself lucky on my first batch, cooked up nice didnt lose a drop, got it in the primary, had a good fermentation, clean on over to the secondary, sittin at about 1.013 for a couple days will bottle soon. So bought an extra Carboy a few days ago and tried my hand at a second batch. I did my first batch out on the porch used a camp stove with the pump type liquid fuel cylinder and as inefficent as this sounds it would bring 1.5 gallons to a boil in about 20-25 minutes and hold a rolling boil for the full cook time as long as i'd give it a few pumps every 15 minutes or so........Well my second batch must of needed more cooking time than the first or I just used the fuel faster, because it went empty on me close to the end, so here I go rush in the house turn the electric stove on high throw my wort on, get it up to boiling again..... good... stir.... okay reset timer... step out of the room to get the girls ready for bed..... my oldest daugher goes in kitchen 10 seconds after I step out to get a drink... "Uhhhh Daddy!!!!" I run back in and at least a quart of my wort is now puddled on the top of my stove (insert some mental expletives here)..... So not sure how this batch will turn out but ended up extracting about a half of it back in my pot with a turkey baster, bringing it back up to a boil for 10 minutes adding in my finishing hops and then into my Primary. doing nicely in the fermentation now.... fingers crossed. *Making mental note to save up for that Propane burner, maybe see if the turkey fryers are going on sale soon*
P.S Did I Mention how much fun it is to clean wort off a hot stove....side of stove...floor....side of fridge....feet.....walls.....
P.S Did I Mention how much fun it is to clean wort off a hot stove....side of stove...floor....side of fridge....feet.....walls.....