Boiling for 90min?

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Gustavo

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I have been thinking of boiling my wort for 90 min instead of 60 min. Considering boil off rate and that I boiling on a stove. Any Suggestions ?
 
I have heard if u boil for 90 min. U get a clearer beer and better tast?
 
I think if that were true, everyone would do it all the time.

Unless the recipe calls for a 90 minute boil, I'd say stick with 60.
 
Boiling for 90 minutes is recommended for all-grain brewers using pilsner malt. The pilsner malt contains higher levels of SMS, which get converted into DMS lending a cabbage flavor to the beer. SMS is volatile so the extended boil vaporizes off the SMS to reduce off flavors. It is not necessary for extract brewers (since it's already been vaporized) or all-grain brewers not using pilsner malts in their grain bill.
 
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