Caramelising

[maistrobrew]

Greetings. Can somebody please offer me a few words of wisdom regarding caramelising. If I were to take a couple of liters of the first running's how much should I reduce it by and at what point do I add it back to the boil?

 

[joe1002]

Calum done some caramelising yesterday, see HERE

 

[Dr Mike]

Never tried it myself but seen a TT landlord recipe on Jim's forum which says to take 2L of first runnings and boil down to half original volume ie 1L.

 

[dennisking]

When I've done it I've just kept going until it's become thick and sticky, a bit like real caramel.

 

[maistrobrew]

Well I boiled 2 liters down to about 200ml but it still was not really thick and sticky. I added it back to the boil about half way through, should I have waited to the end to add it back?