Boiling time

[Math0]

Hi everyone! I started a couple weeks ago to brew my own beer. I'm at my 4th batch. I'm using a 5 gallon kit and Coopers 1.7kg autralian lager. I would like to know if it is important to add the can to boiling water or only hot water will do the job? Should I keep the mix boiling for long and then chill it quickly?

Thank you!

 

[Birdskull]

Add the can to the boil. Chill as quickly as you can.

 

[woozy]

Can but no hops?

There are two reasons and two reasons only that we boil. 1) Boiling the hops for a specific amount of time utilizes the hops to the appropriate bitterness. This is why most boils are 60 minutes; because there are hops that need to be boiled for sixty minutes. If the hops didn't need to be boiled for that long we wouldn't boil for that long. 2) We need to sanitize and kill any airborne or surfaceborne nasties.


In your situation 1) does not apply and only 2) does. So add the can to boiling water and stir and then take off and cool. Technically you can get away with only adding to scalding water but some nasties persist in high temps. So it's safest to boil.

 

[flars]

If your LME is pre-hopped, do not boil it. Boiling a pre-hopped LME will raise the bitterness beyond what the recipe should have been.

 

[Math0]

Thanks to all! It is pre-hopped so no boiling time with the can

 

[Yooper]

Those kits are usually called "a kit and a kilo" as they are no boil kits that you just mix up and add some dextrose (or dry extract) to. They are prehopped, so you don't want to boil them.