is all liquid malt extract no boil?

[ibintinknockin]

....... or is it just muttons and coopers?

 

[solbes]

Just a few that are no boil. These are pre-hopped liquid extracts. I have not done one of these myself, but it might make a decent beer as a first effort.

Most liquid extract is unhopped, so you need the 60 minute boil to isomerize the hops you add. Generally this is seen as a way to produce a higher quality product and gives you more control over the process.

 

[BonnieJ]

Just a few that are no boil. These are pre-hopped liquid extracts. I have not done one of these myself, but it might make a decent beer as a first effort.

Most liquid extract is unhopped, so you need the 60 minute boil to isomerize the hops you add. Generally this is seen as a way to produce a higher quality product and gives you more control over the process.

So the hops that get added later on in the process are not isomerized? What is the effect of this one the finished product?

 

[Corey_SS]

So the hops that get added later on in the process are not isomerized? What is the effect of this one the finished product?

They contribute more aroma and less bitterness.

 

[harrydrez]

I generally start at ~20 minute mark (in other words, 40 minutes into the boil) for flavor hops and aroma hops tend to go in at the last moment at around the 5 minute mark or even at flame out. You don't need to actually boil any extract. Just do your steeping grains then start your boil, add your hops, and at flame out dissolve your extract and allow it to steep for 10 minutes or so before cooling.

You will get more bitterness out of your bittering hops if you do a late extract addition; so you don't need to add as much as you would otherwise.