Hello everyone. I just started my first beer today.
It is annapolis homebrew's penn. lager kit. I am using a 22 quart stainless pot on top of my electric flat top stove. I steeped the grains until 170 degress as instructed in the kit. Removed the grains and added my malt extract (6.5 lbs) to the three gallons of distilled water I had in the pot.
My question is, is there a minimum temp my boil should reach? It only got up to 215 degress. Is this hot enough? Went ahead and threw in the first hops already.
Thanks for your help.
It is annapolis homebrew's penn. lager kit. I am using a 22 quart stainless pot on top of my electric flat top stove. I steeped the grains until 170 degress as instructed in the kit. Removed the grains and added my malt extract (6.5 lbs) to the three gallons of distilled water I had in the pot.
My question is, is there a minimum temp my boil should reach? It only got up to 215 degress. Is this hot enough? Went ahead and threw in the first hops already.
Thanks for your help.