I made the American wheat extract recipe today and had a question about losing volume during the boil. I followed the directions and boiled 2.5 gallons of water then added the malt extract. After the wort cooled I added it too the primary fermenter along with the recommended 2 gallons of water. My concern was I still had to add about a gallon of water to get too 5 gallons and was curios if this was normal and whether or not it would hurt the outcome of the beer?
Even though the “recommended” amount may be 2 gals, you need to top off with whatever will get you to your target volume. You’re OK.
You’re going to lose some volume to the boil, possibly as much as a gallon. If you look at #8 on the instructions, it says to add more water to bring to 5 gals.
Ha well that makes a lot of sense now that I read that. Good deal and thinks for the input.
