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Offline jc24

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Short boil?
« on: August 27, 2017, 05:45:30 am »
I am keen to try brewing an IPA using only late hop additions. I am wondering if I still need to do a 1hr boil, or if I could reduce that time to 20mins, if that's when I'm adding my first hops? I brew using a partial mash and partial boil - I mash 5.5lbs of grains on the stove top, top up with DME, do a 3 gallon boil and then top up to 5.5 gallons in the fermenter. The only reason I can think of for still doing a 60 minute boil is to reduce DMS, but I don't think that is going to be an issue, given that I'm only partial mashing? Am I missing anything?

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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2017, 05:52:19 am »
Go ahead, it should work just fine.  Many people have proven that DMS concerns are largely overblown and that it's eliminated in a matter of minutes, not hours.
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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2017, 09:15:02 am »
I've gone as low as a 30 minute boil if that's all I need for my hops.  It only takes about 10 minutes to sterilize, so anything above that is just for the hop additions, as I understand it.
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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2017, 12:56:31 pm »
I've done IPA's where I just heat the extract to 170F and do a whirlpool. Bitterness is low (obviously), but not nonexistant as some might expect.
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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2017, 02:27:22 pm »
One of the purposes of purposes of boiling is  to precipitate protein in a hot break so you should probably boil for at least about 15 minutes roughly.

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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2017, 05:03:55 am »
Thanks everyone- I'll go for a 20min boil


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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2017, 08:49:23 am »
Thanks everyone- I'll go for a 20min boil


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FWIW, on my 20 min. boil beers I had to increase bittering hops by 50%
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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2017, 10:18:29 am »
Yes, be mindful of IBU losses but 50% more for 20m seems high.  I have done 30m for years now and recall the loss was about 20% but there are differences among IBU calculators.  I use Tinseth. 
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Re: Short boil?
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2017, 10:25:35 am »
Yes, be mindful of IBU losses but 50% more for 20m seems high.  I have done 30m for years now and recall the loss was about 20% but there are differences among IBU calculators.  I use Tinseth.

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