1st All Grain

[Ivesy]

After coming back from the States i had to try a SNPA recipe so i decided to go to all grains after reading TL's recipe. I went to the brewshop (Absolute Homebrew)and for $105.00 i got the ingredients plus a simple starter kit to get into A.G. I think its a shorter, simpler method that i hope will produce good brews.
I brewed on a sunday night so could not ring Pat for advice, just had a crack myself with his instruction sheet. My main problem was getting the wort to the boil. Its a 19l pot wich takes ages on a normal stove to boil. I was following a time schedule, boil grains for 60 mins, add hops for 15 etc. My question is do i have to wait to the wort fully reaches boiling point and start the sixty minutes from there, because that would take all night. Is there a quicker way to boil a large volume, such as splitting the volume or anything you guys use other than a benctop stove? Anyway cant wait to try this one, had a reading of 1014 today and tasted okay. I reached the O.G Beersmith put out of 1046 so hope all is ok. Will keg on friday. Cheers for any advice.

[StuTee]

Is there a quicker way to boil a large volume, such as splitting the volume or anything you guys use other than a benctop stove?

Right lads, whip em out, lets compare sizes

This would be the home-brew equivalent of asking about who's car has the biggest engine, or who has the largest .....

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[warra48]

The 60 minute boiling time does start from the time it comes to the boil.

You can split the wort into 2 batches. Just add your hops at the time you would do for a full boil, and proportion them across the split batches.
Once the boil is over, and you have cooled the wort, just add both to the fermenter.

I boil a 40 litre pot on a 3 ring burner I got from BBQ Galore for about $40, and it runs off a gas bottle the same as a barbecue, with low pressure regulator. I get it to the boil in about 15 minutes after completing my run off.