Hops and bittering, kit beers

[sticksy]

yeah cool. I was thinking id just do a 60min boil in the steeped grain water for some bittering 20g then the 30m, 10m, flameout. strain, 500g LDM top to 20L ferment.

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[menoetes]

hey menoetes, can you boil the hops in a lower volume? say 3L in a 5L pot with 300g LDM?

if so, would it affect the boil time?

Pat's right, so long as you have around 100g per liter of boiling water you should be fine as far as the Original gravity is concerned, though I have been told that if you want to maximize the flavor from your hops a 5 liter boil is close to the smallest you'll want to go.

Having said that; I don't understand the science behind it and I am kinda take it on blind faith from more experienced brewers and a few articles I have read. I'm far from the most veteran brewer having only started in July with just a dozen brews under my belt. It seems to make sense to me though that any wort boil size over 2 or 3 liters has got to be better than 500mls of hop tea made in boiled kettle water (which in turn is far better than nothing at all).

Either way, it's the way I have started doing it and I have noticed a huge improvement in my beer (along with boiling hops, steeping specialty grains and using malt instead of sugar has changed my brewing life) and I have started getting rave reviews from family and friends on my latest brews. This could soon be you

So if you don't have a 8 liter stock pot like myself and can only really manage a 3 liter boil, I suggest you try it anyway. Stick to the 100g of malt per liter rule (even in the liquid from steeped grains) and hopefully a smarter brewhead than I will soon weigh in to explain it to us in laymen terms.

Keep on brewing my brother-in-beer :beerbang: