I've done a few extract brews now and a couple of things keep occurring to me... any know what I should be doing?
1. Do you count the volume of the LME in the boil volume? eg. 3kg of LME is about 1.8L. If the boil volume in Beersmith is 18L, should that be 16.2L water plus the LME, or just 18L water plus LME?
2. I do partial boils with a LME late addition. This always bring it off the boil for about 5-10 mins. I've been stopping the clock until it boils again then continuing with the hop addition schedule. But given it must be near boiling most of that time, should the clock just keep running and continue the additions?
I always manage to produce beer so I know the answers aren't critical.. but my OG does always seem on the low side so 1 might have a bearing on that.
Cheers!
1. Do you count the volume of the LME in the boil volume? eg. 3kg of LME is about 1.8L. If the boil volume in Beersmith is 18L, should that be 16.2L water plus the LME, or just 18L water plus LME?
2. I do partial boils with a LME late addition. This always bring it off the boil for about 5-10 mins. I've been stopping the clock until it boils again then continuing with the hop addition schedule. But given it must be near boiling most of that time, should the clock just keep running and continue the additions?
I always manage to produce beer so I know the answers aren't critical.. but my OG does always seem on the low side so 1 might have a bearing on that.
Cheers!
