Soulive
Well-Known Member
So I did it today in the 25F wind chill and all and all things went well. I was waiting for something to go wrong and nothing did...until racking into the fermenter. My pre-boil volume was 6.55 gallons and I was hoping for 5.5 gallons into the fermenter. I ended up with 3.75 in the fermenter! How could that much have been evaporated/absorbed?!? I only used 3oz of hops and my boil time was about 70 minutes. I mean the steam was coming off like crazy since its was frigid most of the time, but that much boil off?!? I ended up topping-up with another gallon of spring water...