| lucky4fingers, sounds like you need a larger pot to boil the entire wort. You get better hop utilization and better beer boiling the entire volume. Get a 10 gallon (40 quart) pot to do 5 gallon batches. That lets you start with 6.5 or 7 gallons to end up with 5-5.5 gallons and gives plenty of room for the vigorous boil. You then will get 5.5 gallons to start in your primary which after racking, will leave you a full 5 gallons of beer in the secondary. |