wobdee
Junior Member
I brew 2.5gl batches and have been boiling 60 minutes, any harm in cutting that in half to 30 minutes? I realize I will have to up my hops to get the same IBU's but is it really nessasary to boil extract 60 minutes?
Thanks for the info. I think I'll try a 30 minute boil next. Brewing 2.5 gl batches won't cause too much loss in IBU utilization at 30 minutes according to Promash, just have to use a little more. I also think it will lighten up the beer some, they seem to be a little on the dark side.
wobdee said:So could just just boil straight water for 60 minutes and add your hops at different times to get your bitterness and flavors, then just add the extract at flame out?
The half-life for DMS is 40 minutes, so half of the DMS will be boiled off in a 40 minute vigorous boil. So if we do the math, a 60 minute boil gets rid of 64.7% of the DMS and a 90 minute boil rids us of 79% of the DMS. That is why most experienced brewers recommend a 90 minute or longer vigorous boil.
You don't need sugars to extract hops oils- but it's commonly done. (To see, boil 1/2 cup of water with a couple of hop pellets- it'll get bitter!)
Normally, a good recommendation is one pound of extract per gallon of water being boiled. That seems to work well for everybody, and I have no reason to doubt that amount.
I wondered about this and found an article somewhere (of course I can't find it) that seemed to state the wort environment was required for proper hop utilization.
If it isn't, then an extract brewer could simpy mix their extract with the appropriate volume of water and add a hop tea. No boil, no mess, no wort chilling...probably take less than 1.5 hours start to finish.
Yes, and if you're using malt extracts, why not use hop extracts? Just pour everything into the fermentor toss in some yeast and wait. A small addition of cooked material can give your beer that personal touch.
Yeesh, I hope you're being sarcastic. Why not just go to the store and pick up a 6-pack instead? It would shave off even more time and money. Using malt syrup and hop syrup, and you're pretty much just diluting ingredients to turn it into a beer. Gordon Ramsey would be appalled.
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