I have a concern I'd like to talk about.
So a friend of mine was interested in brewing so I decided to do a batch with him. I brought some stuff to his condo, and decided to do a extract version for him. This batch is a Red Rye IPA, where the target IBU is suppose to be a mild 62.8.
I wasn't quite sure if his electric stove was going to heat 5 gallons of wort in my 15 gallon quarter inch pot, so i told him to put three gallons in and we'll be able to use two burners (my pot isn't small).
A couple other friends stopped by for a tick, and I asked one to measure three gallons for the boil. While they were talking, they added more like four. I blew it off, and started steeping and heating for the boil shortly after.
The problem was that his POS stove wouldn't heat my pot to a boil on two burners. It was late and I decided I had to take some wort out of the pot and it still didn't boil. I eventually had to take two other very small (maybe two qrts each) pots and boil them each, utilizing three pots on four burners while still having some wort set aside. I did the boil that night with most of the hops (about 1.75oz/3oz) in the two pots and the rest in the big pot with the temp on the bigger no more than 193 degrees F.
It's fermenting strong, the gravity is good, but will my IBUs stay since only half the hops had been boiled in about a gallon of wort? It'll be drinkable, but I'd love some reassurance.
Thanks for the read,
Terry
So a friend of mine was interested in brewing so I decided to do a batch with him. I brought some stuff to his condo, and decided to do a extract version for him. This batch is a Red Rye IPA, where the target IBU is suppose to be a mild 62.8.
I wasn't quite sure if his electric stove was going to heat 5 gallons of wort in my 15 gallon quarter inch pot, so i told him to put three gallons in and we'll be able to use two burners (my pot isn't small).
A couple other friends stopped by for a tick, and I asked one to measure three gallons for the boil. While they were talking, they added more like four. I blew it off, and started steeping and heating for the boil shortly after.
The problem was that his POS stove wouldn't heat my pot to a boil on two burners. It was late and I decided I had to take some wort out of the pot and it still didn't boil. I eventually had to take two other very small (maybe two qrts each) pots and boil them each, utilizing three pots on four burners while still having some wort set aside. I did the boil that night with most of the hops (about 1.75oz/3oz) in the two pots and the rest in the big pot with the temp on the bigger no more than 193 degrees F.
It's fermenting strong, the gravity is good, but will my IBUs stay since only half the hops had been boiled in about a gallon of wort? It'll be drinkable, but I'd love some reassurance.
Thanks for the read,
Terry
