All-Grain Brew Day Walkthrough (VII: The Boil)

This is the seventh installment in the All-Grain Brew Day Walkthrough, which started with a post on strike water preparation

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Wort boiling in a Sanke keg converted to a homebrew kettle.

In one way, the boil is a lot like the mash. Quite a lot is going on, but the brewer isn’t actively doing much.

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Barleywine (VI: Boiling and Hops)

This article is part of a series on barleywine.

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Brewing a barleywine sometimes involves an extended boil.

Once you’ve collected your wort, it’s time to boil. In most cases, brewing an all-grain barleywine involves an extended boil. When making an extract barleywine, or an all-grain barleywine from first wort, an extended boil may not be needed. Barleywines are amply hopped, so the amount of hop debris that will be generated should be considered when choosing a hopping schedule.

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