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[djinkc]

That was nice.  Had harvested 1272 from 3 weeks ago in the kegerator and decided to brew when I woke up.  Usually I need to keg and clean the fermenter during the brew day.  Did that 2 weeks ago. And usually hit the exercise bike during the mash.  Not today

 

Started heating water when I decided it was a go.  Some out of the hot water heater.  Wheat beer so I didn't need to think it out too much.  Crushed grain and did a 30 minute mash.  Fly sparge while I measured out hops and hit the board for a while.  30 minute boil and whirlpool.  10 gallons in the fermenter in a bit over 3 hours.  I actually had time to get bored.  Hit my numbers and it's starting to bubble.  1.050 and 40 IBUs of Citra

[positiveContact]

nice work!  how was your mash efficiency with that 30min mash?

[denny]

nice work!  how was your mash efficiency with that 30min mash?

 

When I do a 20 min. mash my efficiency has been on target with any other BIAB I do.

[positiveContact]

When I do a 20 min. mash my efficiency has been on target with any other BIAB I do.

 

good to know.  I usually plan my brewday to have a break during the mash so that the mash typically goes well over an hour for no particular brewing reason.

[HVB]

When I do a 20 min. mash my efficiency has been on target with any other BIAB I do.

I have had the same with 30 minute, the shortest I have gone.

[EnkAMania]

I do 30 minute mash and have had no issues.  The time I did a 30 minute boil, the beer didn't turn out the way I wanted.  I'm sure I made hop miscalculations but it has scared me away from a short boil.

[djinkc]

nice work!  how was your mash efficiency with that 30min mash?

 

About the same as usual.  I threw in 12 oz of brown sugar since my preboil was a gallon less than usual.  There was only one hop addition at 15 minutes so that didn't matter.

[Big Nake]

After doing a few of these 30m boils, I was wondering about shorter mashes. So far the beers I have tasted with the 30m boils have been great. I have a brewday planned for tomorrow evening and I wonder if I have the stones to go 30m mash and 30m boil.

[denny]

I do 30 minute mash and have had no issues.  The time I did a 30 minute boil, the beer didn't turn out the way I wanted.  I'm sure I made hop miscalculations but it has scared me away from a short boil.

 

For my 20 min. boils I've found that I need to up bittering hops by 50%.

[HVB]

I do 30 minute mash and have had no issues. The time I did a 30 minute boil, the beer didn't turn out the way I wanted. I'm sure I made hop miscalculations but it has scared me away from a short boil.

Try it again, no need to be scared.

[positiveContact]

Try it again, no need to be scared.

 

agreed.  I've now made pils with 30 min boil.  no problems.

[HVB]

agreed. I've now made pils with 30 min boil. no problems.

Indeed! Many pilsner based beers here with no issues. Once you get the details worked out it works great.

[Big Nake]

Yeah, so the first beer I tried with a 30m boil was a pilsner and the samples have been great. I didn't really consider the irony of a pilsner with a 30m boil (you know, you MUST boil a pilsner for 90 minutes!) but so far so good and I expect that beer to be on tap around the 4th.

[matt6150]

After doing a few of these 30m boils, I was wondering about shorter mashes. So far the beers I have tasted with the 30m boils have been great. I have a brewday planned for tomorrow evening and I wonder if I have the stones to go 30m mash and 30m boil.

I did just that last weekend. Made a pale ale and also skipped whirlpool hops. But I'm dry hopping it like a mofo. Hit all my numbers though and it fermented good. Made for a short brew day indeed.

[Big Nake]

I did just that last weekend. Made a pale ale and also skipped whirlpool hops. But I'm dry hopping it like a mofo. Hit all my numbers though and it fermented good. Made for a short brew day indeed.

That's good news Matt. I know that many people have mentioned that newer, more modified malts are fine for shorter mashes but I wonder if using different malts could throw a monkey wrench into it. Other than clearly "less-modified" malts (which are mostly continental pilsner malts), are all other malts suitable for a 30m mash?

[HVB]

I did just that last weekend. Made a pale ale and also skipped whirlpool hops. But I'm dry hopping it like a mofo. Hit all my numbers though and it fermented good. Made for a short brew day indeed.

I'm with you on skipping the wp!

[positiveContact]

I'm with you on skipping the wp!

 

skipped it on my hoppy wheat beer.

[Seven]

My only experience with a 30 minute boil wasn't good...the beer still hasn't cleared 2 months after brewing. With all the positive reports, I tend to think that I did something wrong so I'll give it another go soon.

[HVB]

My only experience with a 30 minute boil wasn't good...the beer still hasn't cleared 2 months after brewing. With all the positive reports, I tend to think that I did something wrong so I'll give it another go soon.

Odd, never had that issue on any of mine.  The only ones that were hazy were NEIPA style beers.