Every time i put lid on, I get boil over....

morrillt · Joined: 16 Dec 2014 Posts: 56

Should I not be boiling with the lid? Do I need to scoop more foop? Ideas?

Tungsten · Joined: 06 Dec 2014 Posts: 318 Location: Buffalo, NY

I never use the lid for boiling. In fact, you WANT to leave the lid off to help drive off DMS. If you leave it on, it will precipitate on the lid and drip back into the wort.

Creepy · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:48 am Post subject:

**kal** · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:10 am Post subject:

See my BREW DAY STEP BY STEP article. Never boil with the lid on. You want it off, and not only for boilover reasons.

Kal

foomench · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject:

I never boil with the lid on for DMS reasons. But I was wondering about leaving the lid on for the first several minutes, say up to 195F or so. Any thoughts on this? It seems this might help conserve a little energy and speed things up. Will the DMS (or precursors?) be released prior to reaching the boiling point, and even if so, is this needed or would the boil time be sufficient anyway?

**kal** · Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:23 pm Post subject:

IMHO, no issue with leaving the lid on to ramp up faster to boil (I will do this sometimes), but I purposely do not recommend it in my BREW DAY STEP BY STEP as it's too easy to forget and get a boilover. If you do it, I'd set the boil PID to AUTO mode at around 208F and turn on the alarm to sound too when 208F is hit. This way there's no chance of boil over. You'll save a few mins getting up to temp this way.

Kal

Tungsten · Joined: 06 Dec 2014 Posts: 318 Location: Buffalo, NY

foomench · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:17 am Post subject:

**kal** · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:11 am Post subject:

Of course! From now on I'll try to remember to say "set it to a few degrees below boiling". Smile

Kal