Scott Ickes
Grandmaster Brewer
This is just an "I want to learn more" type of question.
I've found that when I boil my DME or corn sugar for bottling, that the amount of boil off is much greater in my larger pot than in a smaller pot. I know the reason for this, since more BTU's are able to be better supplied to the larger surface area of the bottom of the larger pot.
With the small pot I'll have about 1-1/4 cups of bottling sugar water left after my 15 minute boil, while with the large pot, I'll have about 3/4 cup of bottling sugar water left after the boil.
I understand that I'm still putting the same amount of sugar into my bottling bucket. It's basically like having an extra vigorous boil when it's in the larger pot. I have tried turning down the burner to get a gentle boil, but it still boils off a lot.
I don't like using the smaller pot, because I'm constantly fighting boil overs with it, due to the small size.
My questions are:
Do you think I can get away with starting with 3 cups of water to boil my bottling sugar in? Will it make any difference? I'm thinking it won't.
Can I reduce the amount of boil time in the larger pot, since the boil is so vigorous, so that I'll have 1-1/4 cups of bottling solution still?
I seem to be getting a little bit of carmelization occuring in the larger pot, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the beer flavor.
Any thoughts or comments or whatever will be greatly appreciated.
I have a keezer fund started, but it will be at least a year before I can start kegging and have the issue taken care of that way.
I've found that when I boil my DME or corn sugar for bottling, that the amount of boil off is much greater in my larger pot than in a smaller pot. I know the reason for this, since more BTU's are able to be better supplied to the larger surface area of the bottom of the larger pot.
With the small pot I'll have about 1-1/4 cups of bottling sugar water left after my 15 minute boil, while with the large pot, I'll have about 3/4 cup of bottling sugar water left after the boil.
I understand that I'm still putting the same amount of sugar into my bottling bucket. It's basically like having an extra vigorous boil when it's in the larger pot. I have tried turning down the burner to get a gentle boil, but it still boils off a lot.
I don't like using the smaller pot, because I'm constantly fighting boil overs with it, due to the small size.
My questions are:
Do you think I can get away with starting with 3 cups of water to boil my bottling sugar in? Will it make any difference? I'm thinking it won't.
Can I reduce the amount of boil time in the larger pot, since the boil is so vigorous, so that I'll have 1-1/4 cups of bottling solution still?
I seem to be getting a little bit of carmelization occuring in the larger pot, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the beer flavor.
Any thoughts or comments or whatever will be greatly appreciated.
I have a keezer fund started, but it will be at least a year before I can start kegging and have the issue taken care of that way.