makeing it a 30 minute boil

I was making a full 5 gal boil batch of the Urca Vanilla Porter from: http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/1137/urca-vanilla-porter

The recipe only used Willamette hops at 30 minutes and Centennial hops at 10 minutes remaining. While I often use late extract additions, using the same principle that boiling the hops is why we make our boil an hour long (or more if needed), I could not convince myself why to make this recipe a 60 minute boil. So I made it a 30 minute boil: after steeping, adding all 6# of the LME (plus another 0.5# of dark DME because I wanted to raise the final ABV a little) boiling the Willamette for 30, Centennial at 10, irish moss, etc.

Any perceived harm in this approach? I'll find out soon enough. FWIW my OG came in at about 1.056ish (Brewmate predicted 1.051).
The long hand recipe:


Color: 39.0 SRM Equipment: Brew Pot (3 Gallon)
Bitterness: 30.0 IBUs Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.046 (11.5° P)
Est FG: 1.011 SG (2.7° P)
ABV: 4.7%

5.00 gal (Denver, Colorado) Water
6 lbs Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM)
14.1 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
12.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM)
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM)

2.8 oz Williamette [5.5%] - Boil 30 min
0.2 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 10 min
1 pks California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)

Vanilla into secondary

Thanks.
John

 

I would have done the same thing. Don't think there is any point in boiling the extract longer than your longest hop addition.

 

Ditto

 

Thanks for the input. I'll let you know how it turns out. Always looking for a way to make brew day faster.
John