Adding water during boil

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by TastyAdventure, Jun 3, 2013.

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  1. TastyAdventure

    TastyAdventure Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2012 Kentucky

    I am an extract brewer with steeping grains.

    Is there anything wrong with doing this below?

    · "During boil, I slowly added cups of water to increase boil size, as I became less worried about a boil-over. This almost got my boil to 4 gallons by the time it was over."


    I figure It's better to add a gallon of water to boil and then top off with another gallon than to top off with 2 full gallons of unboiled water...
     
    #1 TastyAdventure, Jun 3, 2013
  2. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    There's nothing wrong with it, except that hop utilization will be a crapshoot. You wouldn't be able to precict it with the boil size constantly changing, at least with any of the available calculators.
     
    #2 VikeMan, Jun 3, 2013
  3. Higy

    Higy Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2012 Indiana

    I haven't heard of this process, but I don't see how it could hurt. I suppose one reason it won't boil over is you are constantly watching it.

    post on the results.
     
    #3 Higy, Jun 3, 2013
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