jackjacobsen
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Hey all, newbie here about to do my first brew tomorrow. I purchased an AHS double IPA extract kit. I realize this is kind of a big beer for my first brew, but I just get so excited about the style that I had to go for it.
Anyway, the kit instructions call for doing a partial boil starting with 3 gallons and then topping up to 5 1/4 in the fermenter. Partial boil would definitely be easier for me since I don't have an immersion chiller, but I have concerns about the max IBUs I'll be able to attain with this method, given what I think I understand from reading online and listening to podcasts. My understanding is that the max amount of IBUs in any solution is 100. Therefore if I end up with ~2.25 gallons of wort (after boiling) prior to topping off with another ~2.25 gallons, the max amount of IBUs I could have would be 50, which seems too low for this style. Is this assumption correct? If that ends up being the case I'm certainly open to trying a full boil and doing an ice bath with salt to lower the temperature of the water, or something else that could help me rapidly chill the wort. Any feedback or recommendations on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time. I've learned a lot just from reading this forum
Anyway, the kit instructions call for doing a partial boil starting with 3 gallons and then topping up to 5 1/4 in the fermenter. Partial boil would definitely be easier for me since I don't have an immersion chiller, but I have concerns about the max IBUs I'll be able to attain with this method, given what I think I understand from reading online and listening to podcasts. My understanding is that the max amount of IBUs in any solution is 100. Therefore if I end up with ~2.25 gallons of wort (after boiling) prior to topping off with another ~2.25 gallons, the max amount of IBUs I could have would be 50, which seems too low for this style. Is this assumption correct? If that ends up being the case I'm certainly open to trying a full boil and doing an ice bath with salt to lower the temperature of the water, or something else that could help me rapidly chill the wort. Any feedback or recommendations on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time. I've learned a lot just from reading this forum