30 minute boil pilsner

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30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Rookie » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:02 pm

I only boiled this for 30 minutes and it turned out great.
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by MashBag » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:31 pm

That's got a cracking head

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by bitter_dave » Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:00 pm

Looks nice! I’m with you on the half hour boils. How long did you mash for? Or was it an extract brew?

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Rookie » Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:34 pm

bitter_dave wrote:
Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:00 pm
Looks nice! I’m with you on the half hour boils. How long did you mash for? Or was it an extract brew?
I mashed for 40 minutes.
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Rookie » Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:36 pm

MashBag wrote:
Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:31 pm
That's got a cracking head
I'm quite happy with how it turned out overall. I went with hersbrucker hops to finish instead of the mittlefruh I usually use and it was a good choice.
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by bitter_dave » Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:42 pm

Rookie wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:34 pm
bitter_dave wrote:
Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:00 pm
Looks nice! I’m with you on the half hour boils. How long did you mash for? Or was it an extract brew?
I mashed for 40 minutes.
And to think that it used to be the law that we had mash for 90 minutes, slowly sparge, and then boil for 90 minutes :lol:

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by MashBag » Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:53 am

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Rookie » Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:34 pm

bitter_dave wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:42 pm
Rookie wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:34 pm
bitter_dave wrote:
Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:00 pm
Looks nice! I’m with you on the half hour boils. How long did you mash for? Or was it an extract brew?
I mashed for 40 minutes.
And to think that it used to be the law that we had mash for 90 minutes, slowly sparge, and then boil for 90 minutes :lol:
I never did 90. I started at 60 and went down to 45 many years ago with no difference in the resulting beer. After moving last year I found myself back in a position to do all-grain again and gave 30 a try with good results.
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by bitter_dave » Sat Apr 09, 2022 4:26 pm

Rookie wrote:
Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:34 pm
bitter_dave wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:42 pm
Rookie wrote:
Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:34 pm

I mashed for 40 minutes.
And to think that it used to be the law that we had mash for 90 minutes, slowly sparge, and then boil for 90 minutes :lol:
I never did 90. I started at 60 and went down to 45 many years ago with no difference in the resulting beer. After moving last year I found myself back in a position to do all-grain again and gave 30 a try with good results.
Might be a difference between the UK and US. UK books used to be based on 90 min boil.

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Cobnut » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:21 pm

120 min boil today. Missed my boil gravity by a country mile so boiled longer. Still way short on OG, but it’ll be beer.

I think I know why…I tried underletting the mash in my grainfather without stirring - thought I’d read somewhere that it was a good idea. It’s not. When I emptied the mash pipe, there were obvious dry-ish clumps. Won’t be doing that again!
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Cobnut » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:37 pm

Why didn’t I read this first? viewtopic.php?t=30179#p325766

Doh!
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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by CJJ Berry » Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:18 pm

Hi All,

I need a bit of help my 20 litre Brewlution has a removeable inner bucket with a perforated removable bottom2.0kW kettle holds a rolling boil really well and the temperature range is accurate. Can I use this for boil in the bag ?

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by CJJ Berry » Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:15 pm

I want start BIAB so 45-minute mash and 30-minute boil do I increase the hops?

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by MashBag » Sat Oct 01, 2022 6:23 am

Cobnut wrote:
Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:21 pm
120 min boil today. Missed my boil gravity by a country mile so boiled longer. Still way short on OG, but it’ll be beer.

I think I know why…I tried underletting the mash in my grainfather without stirring - thought I’d read somewhere that it was a good idea. It’s not. When I emptied the mash pipe, there were obvious dry-ish clumps. Won’t be doing that again!
120 mins 😱 you will have to sell the house to pay the electricity bill 🤣

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Re: 30 minute boil pilsner

Post by Cobnut » Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:24 am

We do have solar panels which helps a bit, but the smart meter certainly shows me the days I’ve brewed.

In fact I had to do another 12pm in boil last weekend when I made an American barley wine and missed my target gravity. Despite boosting it with some invert sugar I had in stock, I still extended the boil to get close to my target.

The worst thing was the charring on the base of the GF. Took quite a bit of scrubbing to remove it!
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