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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2022, 03:07:40 pm »
We have gotten cooked corn, and movie-theater-buttered popcorn on one or two of our brews.
It would not be a boil issue, as we never boil less than 60 minutes. Most often 90 minutes.

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2022, 03:18:46 pm »
We have gotten cooked corn, and movie-theater-buttered popcorn on one or two of our brews.
It would not be a boil issue, as we never boil less than 60 minutes. Most often 90 minutes.
Diacetyl is a fermentation issue, but a boil one.

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2022, 04:40:55 pm »
We have gotten cooked corn, and movie-theater-buttered popcorn on one or two of our brews.
It would not be a boil issue, as we never boil less than 60 minutes. Most often 90 minutes.

Neither of those is necessarily connected to boil time.
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2022, 02:57:28 pm »
I'm about half way through a batch of pilsner that I only boiled for 30 minutes that came out great: no dms.

Low or no DMS is possible in a Pilsner and if a 3L or 4L pale malt was used instead of a 2L Pils malt, it's even more possible.  It's the palest of malts that present the greatest possibility of having the DMS precursor (SMM) and DMS.  If your brewing practices have a really short time before the wort is chilled to under 185F, that also decreases the possibility of having DMS. 

For most regular brewers using a high percentage of Pils malt, boiling longer than a half hour is probably wise.
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