puzx
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Hello,
I am brewing the New England IPA 5 gallon extract kit from brewers best (attached). First time doing an “advanced “ brew. Step 3 calls for Steep the grains, however, it is different than what I am used to. Typically, I just steep grains for 20 minutes with 2.5 gallons of water. This recipe says to use “Steep to Convert”, which says that I need to steep the grains at 155 degrees for 45 minutes, however, using only 1 gallon of water per 2 lbs of grain. My kit comes with 14 oz of grain, which means I would need to use a little less than half a gallon for this step. Does this sound about right? Sounds like I would need to buy a much smaller kettle than my 5 gallon kettle so that I can steep that small amount of water.
Thanks
I am brewing the New England IPA 5 gallon extract kit from brewers best (attached). First time doing an “advanced “ brew. Step 3 calls for Steep the grains, however, it is different than what I am used to. Typically, I just steep grains for 20 minutes with 2.5 gallons of water. This recipe says to use “Steep to Convert”, which says that I need to steep the grains at 155 degrees for 45 minutes, however, using only 1 gallon of water per 2 lbs of grain. My kit comes with 14 oz of grain, which means I would need to use a little less than half a gallon for this step. Does this sound about right? Sounds like I would need to buy a much smaller kettle than my 5 gallon kettle so that I can steep that small amount of water.
Thanks