Short boil time

[Ardcore]

I had about 2 hours to make my pumpkin spice brew before I had to leave for a doctors appt. This was the first time I decided to do a mini mash. I did not realize that it would add about 45 minutes to the overall process. Needless to say I ran out of time and had to cut my boil short by about 15 minutes. Will there be any adverse effects?

 

[hoppymonkey]

less hop bitterness. What did you have in the mini mash? Any pilsen malt?

 

[Ardcore]

less hop bitterness. What did you have in the mini mash? Any pilsen malt?

The malts that I used were
1 1/4 lb 2-row Malt
1 1/4 lb Vienna Malt
1/2 lb Cara Munich Malt
1/2 lb Crystal 60L Malt
Then some DME

My SG is 1.046 and the kit says I am supposed to have 1.052..

I also had to cut my mini mash time by 5 minutes.

...screwed the pooch all the way around

 

[devilishprune]

What was your hop schedule like? If you didn't have any additions after 15 minutes, then it may not matter SO much.

 

[Ardcore]

What was your hop schedule like? If you didn't have any additions after 15 minutes, then it may not matter SO much.

I did a half ounce when I started the boil then another half ounce for the last 15 minutes. I made sure that the second addition was in there a full 15 minutes. I just threw them in a little early overall. So the hop addition times were right but the overall boil was shorter than usual.

But I did check the carboy this morning and there is some good fermentation, so I am happy with that. I will just have to wait and see how it tastes.