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Thanks a lot for your help. The beer tasted good going into the secondary. Our 6th batch.

That makes a lot of sense. I just found the explanation in Palmer's book as well. I've been meaning to reread that. What is the problem with boiling a super concentrated wort? Why even add the extract at the beginning of the boil at all? I assume that there is a hop interaction. Thanks again.

I don't have any concerns about our taking of the SG. I'm intending to convert it to a 5 gallon batch size, using a 3 gallon partial boil and then diluting to a 5 gallon batch. I understood his section starting on p 34 (Converting a Recipe to a Partial Boil). As indicated in a couple posts, I...

Thanks for your response. We mixed the wort thoroughly before taking a sample. As you stated, the pounds of extract to total volume is the critical element. I've seen two different recommendations when reducing a 7 gal boil to a 3 gal partial and the one by the expert didn't work for me. I...

I recently put the APA from Classic Styles in the fermenter. The recipe is on page 134. I followed his instructions for the conversion from 7 gal to 3 gal partial boil on page 37. I ended up putting about 4.5 lbs of extract in the boil. The original, 7 gal recipe, calls for about 9 gallons. The...