I've made two batches so far, I'm waiting form my primary to move along so I can free her up for another. I have a keen interest for the speciality grain extract kits as I'm a pot short of a partial mash. My question is, how closely do I need to follow the water requirements for an extract kit?
My recipe usually calls for me to start 3.5 gals of water add the grains... boil add extract then QS to 5 gals. Since I have a 7.5 gal kettle, I've been boiling around 5.5 to 5 gal and then QS to 5 gal when the wort is cooled.
I had a concern about my stove not bringing that volume to sufficient "rolling boil" so I might bring the volume down a tad. But should I be making adjustments to the hop "dosing" when aiming for a full boil using a kit?
Thanks in advance!
My recipe usually calls for me to start 3.5 gals of water add the grains... boil add extract then QS to 5 gals. Since I have a 7.5 gal kettle, I've been boiling around 5.5 to 5 gal and then QS to 5 gal when the wort is cooled.
I had a concern about my stove not bringing that volume to sufficient "rolling boil" so I might bring the volume down a tad. But should I be making adjustments to the hop "dosing" when aiming for a full boil using a kit?
Thanks in advance!