Will an overboil affect my recipe?

[aldubya]

After pouring the DME in the pot over boiled and i lost about a cup or two of foamy liquid. Will this affect the outcome in any way? I would imagine that less fermentable could dull the flavor or cause the beer to have a lower ABV?

 

[DJG42]

the potential is there, but you're talking about 2 cups out of 5 gallons. 5 gallons is 80 cups, so you've potentially lost 2.5% of your volume. But you did say that was foamy, so mostly air. I think you can assume the amount of liquid you lost was closer to 1/4 cups, or less than 1% of the total. not a significant enough factor.
RDWHAHB

 

[BamaRooster]

I agree with DJG42, you probably didn't lose enough for it to make a big difference

 

[GASoline71]

I had a pretty severe boilover on my second batch of beer. First time using an outdoor propane flame (turkey fryer). Wasn't paying attention to the boil. I also had the burner set to Mach2 and it was roaring like a jet engine.

It was an Amber Ale that turned out awesome... even though the boil over was pretty bad.

Gary

 

[unionrdr]

A spray bottle of water will help keep the foamy hot break down. Misting the hot break will break up the bubbles comprising the foam.

 

[Bk2X]

Good idea, need to have one ready cause bout to start doing full boil in a 7.5 gal pot so might push the limit.