Yesterday, I brewed my first 3 gallon batch. I don't yet have an 8+ gallon pot so I had to split the wort into two pots for the boil (the boil called for 4 1/2 gallons total). One of the pots was predominantly wort while the other was mostly sparge water. I had both pots on the same heat setting on the stove.
I got an excellent hot break with the pot that contained mostly pre-sparge wort, but the sparge water pot bubbled and boiled very well, but never really got a hot break. Does anyone know what would cause this and will it affect beer flavor? I split up the hops equally and did everything else identical to each pot. I'm just wondering if next time I should try to get the pots somewhat equal in wort/sparge water?
I got an excellent hot break with the pot that contained mostly pre-sparge wort, but the sparge water pot bubbled and boiled very well, but never really got a hot break. Does anyone know what would cause this and will it affect beer flavor? I split up the hops equally and did everything else identical to each pot. I'm just wondering if next time I should try to get the pots somewhat equal in wort/sparge water?
