newbrewboy
New Member
Hey all, new to brewing and I have a question: When boiling your wort, is it necessary to add all of the water (totaling +/-5gallons) or can you just add the remaining water to the carboy later?
thanks.
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I used to do 3 gallon boils, the biggest issue I found was a lack of hop utilization. if you are doing any darker beers try to add the extract towards the end of the boil, last 20 min, and have the hops in for a full hour if you want any bitterness. I definitely had 3 batches with basically no hop bitterness because of this. But from experience, it is worth it to get a bigger pot, but that also means you should then look into a wort chiller, then it becomes a slippery slope of am I spending too much for the convenience or am I just mad. Really slippery slope, but i love every weekend of it. But you have been warned.
I'm inching down this slope... My space is limited, my budget is well I'm still a college student, and every day at work I'm trolling this forum and constantly think of a new toy I want... It's a dangerously expensive and enjoyable road for more beer. I've only done one batch and my gf already has said that I am incapable of having a hobby... It always turns into an obsession...
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