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10 gallons Imperial Red. 10 wait....am I wrong here or what...how are you guy at over 1000 gallons in February?

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Neither do I. I just don't like to boil my hops for more than an hour. My house is at about 4000'. I boil off about 1.5 gallons and hour. Surface area of exposed liquid and boil vigor have a lot to do with boil-off.

I plugged it into Brewgr.com and got 1.055 for 620 gallon batch at 80% efficiency.

Yes! Indeed...heat, sugar, amino acids....MAGIC YUMMY!

I love the fact that homebrewing allows us to brew what we want the way we want to do it. The fact is...the same recipe boiled for 2 minutes or 2 hours, will deliver a different finished product. Boiling the same recipe with electricity, or propane or wood fire or hot rocks will all deliver a...

Well....now that DMS is off the table.... A 90 minute boil remains a great way to increase the caramelized malty character in the right brew. I feel that brewing an old recipe with "new techniques" is like wearing a belt with suspenders.....its weird. I've never understood the idea of a...

Well...youre right, but most people who are doing a 90 minute boil will wait to add hops until the last 60 minutes.

I have a few recipes that I always boil for 90 mins, I also boil many for 60. There is a big difference. Boiling for 90 minutes gets rid of a lot more water leaving you a much maltier brew with a heavier mouth-feel. I go 90 mins with my Scottish ales, Wee Heavys and the like. I recommend...

Yes, In my opinion. I think 20 to 30 minutes each would gross you a much higher efficiency. I know waiting around for an hour in the middle of your brew sesh is kinda boring, but I think it will pay off big time by way of ABV in your final product.

How much time are you giving your wort to drain? Slowing this down will most likely offer you more than a couple points of efficiency.

We were all stressed out for our first brew. Its part of the deal...the resulting success, however, is highly addictive...:yes:

Well...try it...if it works to your liking, awesome. If not....lesson learned. Tell us about it so we know.