Show us your boil

[BarbarianBrewer]

That picture brings up the age old question: Are we to skim the foam or not? Is it a hard and fast rule or might the answer be different for an extract brewer, partial mash, all grain sparge or no-sparge??
I honestly have never found an answer that I can completely get behind, so that leads me to believe that skimming the wort probably doesn't matter much.
For the record, I skim.

I don't think anyone really knows. Even the experts in homebrew magazines and podcasts give a definite "Maybe/Probably not" answer. I don't skim because no one has said it matters one way or the other.

 

[Herm brews]

I’m not going to do anything with the foam, it belongs to the wort. It was a weird batch that ran clear into the fermenter until the last bit, when the ball valve clogged. I poured that remainder into a glass quart measuring jar, and it was 3 cups of thick sludge. As I have for the past 3 batches, I added a half teaspoon of Irish moss at 15 minutes left in the boil. I wonder if my grains were crushed too fine?
Here is my OG sample - nice and clear

 

[Sunfire96]

Salty Seas IPA is en route! Pale ale malt, rye malt, and flaked wheat with Columbus, Chinook, and Citra hops. Fermenting with Lutra at 80-85F. I will probably keg hop this one with some more Citra

 

[Box of Rocks]

Technically pre-boil, mashing in a Belgian Dubbel Trubbel - Kitchen Sink. Appear to have missed the pre boil gravity, then realized I hadn’t temperature adjusted, so I through in a bit more brown sugar rather than a lot more. Cooling in an ice bath currently, and hoping when I check my post boil OG it is somewhat close to my target… science … or art …

 

[Ward Chillington]

Belgian Dubbel Trubbel - Kitchen Sink.

I hope you were listening to some Stevie Ray Vaughan while you were brewing that up!. What was that? A 2 gallon batch?

 

[Box of Rocks]

I hope you were listening to some Stevie Ray Vaughan while you were brewing that up!. What was that? A 2 gallon batch?

About 4.5 gallons into the fermenter. Ended up 2 points over target in OG.

 

[Sunfire96]

Golden promise and Citra SMaSH

 

[Wicked Wally's]

Blue Jean Kitty Whip Double IPA

 

[GFHomebrew]

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Blue Jean Kitty Whip Double IPA

Kitty whippin! Yee haa looking good Wally's!

Here's boil on beefed up mild

Sorta toasty biscut smell I baked them oats pretty good.

 

[Sunfire96]

Pilsner and Citra SMaSH. The purpose of this batch and the next one is to determine the flavor difference between Pilsner malt and 2 Row. I've heard some brewers can't taste a difference. And 2 Row is easier to work with (better conversion in a single infusion mash and fewer DMS precursors), so if they're similar enough I might never use Pilsner malt again

 

[GFHomebrew]

Andy's Murgy is Boiling wort smells lovely!
And 92% on extraction so happy with the short 40min mash oh and with a mash out lol!

Expected preboil .037 hit .037 on the head loving it!

 

[GFHomebrew]

Munich lager boil

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1297191/munich-lager

Found a neat way to cool hydrometer sample

Float it in glycol

 

[GFHomebrew]

Schwarzbier boil.
Lovely roll going tonight.

Thanks Paul Kelly

 

[Megary]

Blonde Ale rolling away. I love brew day.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Blonde Ale rolling away. I love brew day.

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From stout to blond ale aye

 

[Steve Ruch]

American wheat.

 

[Herm brews]

My kettle boils again! So far, I’m impressed with the capability of my electric stove, it boils faster than my old gas stove. This is my hoppy amber ale.

 

[Ward Chillington]

Rev 7 of my LL Brown

 

[GFHomebrew]

Munich lager last last night

 

[Box of Rocks]

Inventory cleanup brew - Winter Storm, a hoppy brown ale. https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/edit/1330693