Cold Break

[yashicamat]

I'll let others chime in as I am not 100% sure on this, but I think a lot of the "cold break" material is actually from the hops, so yes it is equally important unless you're using hop extract instead of real hops.

Hope this helps.

[brewzone]

I think most kits these days probably don't need to be boiled and therefore there would not really be any cold break as in all grain brewing.

If you do boil the kits then there may well be a small amount of cold break if You can crash cool it afterwards.

[yashicamat]

I think most kits these days probably don't need to be boiled and therefore there would not really be any cold break as in all grain brewing.

If you do boil the kits then there may well be a small amount of cold break if You can crash cool it afterwards.

I'm wondering if he's brewing with extract and real hops, as opposed to kits though? Like you say though, with kits there isn't usually a requirement to boil them anyway.

[clogwog]

Don't worry about it.
The mashing and chilling of your extract has already been done by the maltster.
What you have is dehydrated malt, post the hot and cold break boil.
Just enjoy making your beer (and drinking it, of course).