Noobiest question about hops ever

[Zackcavalier]

I am preparing to brew a friends clone, and he lists times for hop additions. The times are 60, 25, 5. The boil is 90 minutes. I assume these times count down from 90, so the additions are made with 60 minutes remaining, 25 remaining, and 5 remaining minutes of the boil. Thanks for helping out a moron.

 

[JonM]

Yep, you got it. Didn't need our help after all. Cheers and happy brewing!

 

[Clonefan94]

Jon said it all, but I just wanted to add that you aren't a moron, we all started with no brewing knowledge at one time. And it can get confusing the first time. 5 minutes left in the boil or 5 minutes into the boil makes a big difference.

 

[brettg20]

What kind of beer/malt? I assume maybe some pilsner malt due to the 90 min boil without hops til 60 min

 

[Zackcavalier]

Good guess. You obviously know more than I about why. I just know I like the taste. Truthfully, I have never even had the original...just his clone.

 

[freisste]

Pilsner malt has more DMS than other malts. Longer boil drives the DMS off, so you don't get the off flavors.

 

[Brew-Jay]

I love this place. Zack asks a hop question that he thinks is noobish - then I get to learn that pilsner malt is high in DMS. Seriously, every expert started off as a noob. I think the people in this community understand that better than anyone else I know. Good thread starter!

 

[Backwoodsbrewing]

Good thread now I understand why some boils are only 60 minutes and some are 90

 

[NewWestBrewer]

Good thread now I understand why some boils are only 60 minutes and some are 90

For what it's worth Jamil always does 90 min boils.

 

[Brew-Jay]

For what it's worth Jamil always does 90 min boils.

I always lose a lot of volume to boil off. I would worry that 90 minutes would exacerbate that. I guess you need to account for it with pre boil volume then.

 

[NewWestBrewer]

I always lose a lot of volume to boil off. I would worry that 90 minutes would exacerbate that. I guess you need to account for it with pre boil volume then.

I would just adjust your pre boil volume. I normally have always done 60 minutes boils but was listening to one of his podcasts yesterday and he mentioned he always does 90. I think it can also be preference as my beers tend to be pretty good. I have heard though that defnitely a 90 min when using Pilsner malt to ward off DMS