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Doing First Brew This Weekend, got pot issues
Hello Everyone,
I'm sure someone can help clear this up for me, we don't have a pot big enough to hold all the liquid. I read where you can boil say only 3 gallons and add all the ingredients to that then just mix that in with the 2 gallons you were missing. My question is this, does the 2 gallons have to be boiled also?
Bottled water, smart idea. I have been filtering through Brita, and been going through filters like crazy (which are expensive).
There are some downsides, but they are not too noticeable. I believe it is really the hops utilization that is mostly effected by this methodology.
Good Luck!!!
Thanks for the info Guys,
We brewed our first batch this past Sunday...it went well. One of our cohorts forgot the bottled spring water so we had to first boil 2 gallons of tap water to get the impurities out and while that was cooling we boiled another 3 gallons to use as the wort.
The whole process was pretty fun...the part we need to watch is the amount of beer we drink during the process.
I think the title of this thread could be misleading if you assume the wrong meaning of "pot."
Best of luck to all.
But what about the pot ?
no one gonna answer the question!
The only real downside to a smaller boil size (As far as I have encountered) is an over-darkening or the wort due to carmelization of the sugars added. In darker beers, this is actually not a problem (I don't recall it affecting the taste, anyways), but if you are making something lighter & care about the color of your beer, a full boil is better.
As far as the rest of the volume goes, I have been told it is a good idea to give it a vigorous 15 minute boil before using it, to remove traces of things such as chlorine. I prefer to buy spring water from the store, & use it to hasten the cooling of the wort (Adding the cooler water to the wort prior to pouring the whole mix into the carboy)
Bear in mind that for partial- and all-grain batches, you will need to be able to do a full boil.
As an extract brewer, I've always utilized a 3-gallon boil for a 5-gallon batch. I've never used boiled water to bring the level in the fermenter up to 5-gallons and have seen to adverse results. I also typically use distilled water, so that might be a factor.
I've always boiled 3 gallons and added 2 gallons of bottled water to cool the wort and it's always worked well for me too; plus it speeds up the cool down process.
daniel wrote:
Bottled water, smart idea. I have been filtering through Brita, and been going through filters like crazy (which are expensive).
There are some downsides, but they are not too noticeable. I believe it is really the hops utilization that is mostly effected by this methodology.
Good Luck!!!
Our Lowes sells inline canister filter housings for about $15 and two packs of 1-5 micron carbon filter elements for it for about $10. You need a couple of barbed fittings for it and use RV grade water hose. These filters are rated at 5000 gallons I think. I use one as well as many of my brewing buddies. My water comes out of the tap with 2 ppm chlorine (enough to keep a swiming pool clear). I'm about a half mile from the treatment plant. It's a mandatory thing for us.
I've tried boiling the entire 5 gallons, and I've tried using the Brita filter. But, for my (incredibly limited) time, it's just A LOT easier to buy some good bottled water. It's (slightly) more expensive, but it's worth it.
DaveSlash
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