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[Stains_not_here_man]

Brewed a beer on Tuesday... decided to just keep it simple:

7 lbs extra light DME
1 oz brewer's gold @60min left in boil
1/2 oz crystal hops @15 min left in boil
1/2oz crystal hops @5min left

I boiled 3 gallons of water on the stove in one pot, about 2.25 gallons in another.

When the first pot came to a boil I added the hops. When the second came to a boil about 30 minutes later (planned) I took it off the heat, dissolved about 2/3 of the extract in there and held it at about 175.

When the hop boil was done I added the rest of the DME to the hops pot and then once it was dissolved I cooled both pots in ice baths until they hit about 90dF and then poured them both into the fermenter. Pitched some (used a starter) American Ale II yeast once it had cooled to 72f which took several hours. It has been fermenting vigorously, we'll see what it's like. Samples have tasted good so far.

[djinkc]

That should work.  Pretty light even compared to what I've been brewing lately.  You probably could have cut the boil time down even more by upping the BG addition.

[positiveContact]

were you boiling the hops in water instead of wort?  I thought people always added some extract at the start.

[MyaCullen]

were you boiling the hops in water instead of wort?  I thought people always added some extract at the start.

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[djinkc]

I don't see why you would have to have extract in for the whole boil.  I would guess your hops utilization increase the later you add the extract.

[MyaCullen]

I don't see why you would have to have extract in for the whole boil.  I would guess your hops utilization increase the later you add the extract.

I thought you need some sugars for isomerization, I always did 1/2 at the start ad half right at 15 minutes.

 

this thinking is likely out moded

[Stains_not_here_man]

I believe Denny indicated that he found malt in the boil was not necessary for hop extraction.