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Date: 10 Aug 2006 08:46:32
From: Ryan Case
Subject: boil overs during hotbreak
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I brew with a friend from work who is about 16 years or so older then
me. That being said his home brew career started quite a while before
mine. He then left the hobby for about ten years and came back to it
when he found out that I was brewing.
He tells me that they used to "power through" hot breaks. In other words
they would keep a full rolling boil and let anything that boiled out and
over the edge of the keggle be lost.
I have always been under the impression that you were supposed to reduce
the heat and let the hot break boil back into the wort so that those
protein particles are in the wort to help attract and precipitate out
the other stuff during the cold break.
What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
Ryan
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Date: 10 Aug 2006 08:53:42
From: Washu
Subject: Re: boil overs during hotbreak
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Ryan Case wrote:
> I brew with a friend from work who is about 16 years or so older then
> me. That being said his home brew career started quite a while before
> mine. He then left the hobby for about ten years and came back to it
> when he found out that I was brewing.
>
> He tells me that they used to "power through" hot breaks. In other words
> they would keep a full rolling boil and let anything that boiled out and
> over the edge of the keggle be lost.
>
> I have always been under the impression that you were supposed to reduce
> the heat and let the hot break boil back into the wort so that those
> protein particles are in the wort to help attract and precipitate out
> the other stuff during the cold break.
>
> What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
>
> Ryan
Until the wise one's show up I'll tell you what I do. I keep a spray
bottle of water close at hand and just spray the foam when it starts to
rise. So far no boilovers and haven't had to touch the heat since I
started doing it this way.
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Date: 10 Aug 2006 15:15:24
From: Mike Undercofler
Subject: Re: boil overs during hotbreak
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Another bottle baby here; spray bottle that is. You can get an 8 ounce one
at most any department or drug store in the cosmetics department. Till you
do, a small glass of cold water dribbled in also works, but the spray bottle
works much better since it doesn't lower your boil temp noticably.
--
Mike Undercofler
Howard, PA
Email: michael@**cut_from_stars_to_arrows >>mlux2.com
"Washu" <rgrantha@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1155225222.276109.180870@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Ryan Case wrote:
>> I brew with a friend from work who is about 16 years or so older then
>> me. That being said his home brew career started quite a while before
>> mine. He then left the hobby for about ten years and came back to it
>> when he found out that I was brewing.
>>
>> He tells me that they used to "power through" hot breaks. In other words
>> they would keep a full rolling boil and let anything that boiled out and
>> over the edge of the keggle be lost.
>>
>> I have always been under the impression that you were supposed to reduce
>> the heat and let the hot break boil back into the wort so that those
>> protein particles are in the wort to help attract and precipitate out
>> the other stuff during the cold break.
>>
>> What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
>>
>> Ryan
>
> Until the wise one's show up I'll tell you what I do. I keep a spray
> bottle of water close at hand and just spray the foam when it starts to
> rise. So far no boilovers and haven't had to touch the heat since I
> started doing it this way.
>
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Date: 10 Aug 2006 17:54:35
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: boil overs during hotbreak
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On 10 Aug 2006 08:53:42 -0700, <rgrantha@yahoo.com > wrote:
>
> Ryan Case wrote:
>> I brew with a friend from work who is about 16 years or so older then
>> me. That being said his home brew career started quite a while before
>> mine. He then left the hobby for about ten years and came back to it
>> when he found out that I was brewing.
>>
>> He tells me that they used to "power through" hot breaks. In other words
>> they would keep a full rolling boil and let anything that boiled out and
>> over the edge of the keggle be lost.
>>
>> I have always been under the impression that you were supposed to reduce
>> the heat and let the hot break boil back into the wort so that those
>> protein particles are in the wort to help attract and precipitate out
>> the other stuff during the cold break.
>>
>> What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
>>
>> Ryan
>
> Until the wise one's show up I'll tell you what I do. I keep a spray
> bottle of water close at hand and just spray the foam when it starts to
> rise. So far no boilovers and haven't had to touch the heat since I
> started doing it this way.
That's what I usually do, it works really well. If I can't find my spray
bottle though, I turn down the heat during the hot break just enough
so that the boil stays in the kettle. Once the hot break is done I turn
the heat back up to maintain a good rolling boil.
John.
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Date: 10 Aug 2006 13:11:12
From: John Krehbiel
Subject: Re: boil overs during hotbreak
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Ryan Case wrote:
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> What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
>
> Ryan
FWIW, I stir like crazy and blow on it. That is, I did until I switched
to a much larger brewpot.
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Date: 10 Aug 2006 17:52:36
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: boil overs during hotbreak
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:46:32 -0700, <usenet@jamesrobert.us > wrote:
> I brew with a friend from work who is about 16 years or so older then
> me. That being said his home brew career started quite a while before
> mine. He then left the hobby for about ten years and came back to it
> when he found out that I was brewing.
>
> He tells me that they used to "power through" hot breaks. In other words
> they would keep a full rolling boil and let anything that boiled out and
> over the edge of the keggle be lost.
Sounds like a good way to lose beer.
> I have always been under the impression that you were supposed to reduce
> the heat and let the hot break boil back into the wort so that those
> protein particles are in the wort to help attract and precipitate out
> the other stuff during the cold break.
>
> What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
IMO, don't boil over. You can seperate the hot break material out when you
transfer to your fermenter, but letting it boil over on purpose is going to
result in a lot of other stuff boiling over with it... like wort.
John.
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Date: 10 Aug 2006 10:19:07
From: Lee
Subject: Re: boil overs during hotbreak
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I didn't think of that!
I blow on it when it gets ready to launch. Not very effective.
I think water is an excellent and stress-free method.
All I seem to remember from reading "How to Brew" is that boil-overs
aren't good. I certainly haven't enjoyed cleaning up the pot, the
burner, the stand, the floor, and everything else around there when
it's happened in the past.
Plus the first blast puts out my fire anyway.
Lee
Washu wrote:
> Ryan Case wrote:
> > I brew with a friend from work who is about 16 years or so older then
> > me. That being said his home brew career started quite a while before
> > mine. He then left the hobby for about ten years and came back to it
> > when he found out that I was brewing.
> >
> > He tells me that they used to "power through" hot breaks. In other words
> > they would keep a full rolling boil and let anything that boiled out and
> > over the edge of the keggle be lost.
> >
> > I have always been under the impression that you were supposed to reduce
> > the heat and let the hot break boil back into the wort so that those
> > protein particles are in the wort to help attract and precipitate out
> > the other stuff during the cold break.
> >
> > What are the opinions of the wise folks here?
> >
> > Ryan
>
> Until the wise one's show up I'll tell you what I do. I keep a spray
> bottle of water close at hand and just spray the foam when it starts to
> rise. So far no boilovers and haven't had to touch the heat since I
> started doing it this way.
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