Before you say it, I KNOW that you are not gonna recommend a partial boil. BUT, in preparation for my first brew, I took some advice and tested out my apartment sized stove to see if it would be able to bring 5 gallons of water to a boil.
It failed.
So, I have a question regarding the proper method to do a partial boil with an extract kit.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I steep ALL of the barley and malt in the 2.5 gallons for the 20 minutes, then add 1/2 the hops, and 1/2 the liquid malt extract, boil, and add the other half with 10 minutes left and add the remaining 2.5 gallons to the primary?
**Would it be wrong to do this method: Steep all of the barley and malt in 5 gallons, then divide it into two separate containers and boil them simultaneously with half of the malt extract and half of the hops in each pot?
It failed.
So, I have a question regarding the proper method to do a partial boil with an extract kit.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I steep ALL of the barley and malt in the 2.5 gallons for the 20 minutes, then add 1/2 the hops, and 1/2 the liquid malt extract, boil, and add the other half with 10 minutes left and add the remaining 2.5 gallons to the primary?
**Would it be wrong to do this method: Steep all of the barley and malt in 5 gallons, then divide it into two separate containers and boil them simultaneously with half of the malt extract and half of the hops in each pot?