b_thomas
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Long question, hopefully a quick answer.
I'm wanting to make the step towards AG by doing a partial but rather than confusing myself with hops additions I'd really rather just use a pre-hopped kit. Just means I can focus more on the mash and boil. Which then brings me to the important part - boiling a pre-hopped kit - will it affect the hops utilisation?
Basically I want to keep it simple
Munich Helles 22L
1.7kg Lager Kit
3.0kg Vienna Malt
Dry Lager Yeast
I'm working with a 75% efficiency but have increased the grain bill in case it's lower. I'm using a braided hose and a batch sparge so not expecting perfect extraction.
When I'm doing a kit I don't boil the kit I just dissolve it in near-boiling water along with dry malt in the fermenter before topping up with iced water (have been reading otherwise though, hence my question).
Should I just do the same with but with Wort instead of Water? or should I dump it in at the start of the boil?
I'm assuming since hops utilisation pretty much maxes out at 90mins that I'm not going to end up with a beer that's any more or less bitter than if I had followed a normal kit and kilo procedure.
I'm wanting to make the step towards AG by doing a partial but rather than confusing myself with hops additions I'd really rather just use a pre-hopped kit. Just means I can focus more on the mash and boil. Which then brings me to the important part - boiling a pre-hopped kit - will it affect the hops utilisation?
Basically I want to keep it simple
Munich Helles 22L
1.7kg Lager Kit
3.0kg Vienna Malt
Dry Lager Yeast
I'm working with a 75% efficiency but have increased the grain bill in case it's lower. I'm using a braided hose and a batch sparge so not expecting perfect extraction.
When I'm doing a kit I don't boil the kit I just dissolve it in near-boiling water along with dry malt in the fermenter before topping up with iced water (have been reading otherwise though, hence my question).
Should I just do the same with but with Wort instead of Water? or should I dump it in at the start of the boil?
I'm assuming since hops utilisation pretty much maxes out at 90mins that I'm not going to end up with a beer that's any more or less bitter than if I had followed a normal kit and kilo procedure.