Boil times?

[johnmac]

How long do you boil your typical AG bitter or pale ale?

[Seveneer]

I normally boil at least 90 minutes and I start counting from when the hot break subsides.

/Phil.

[johnmac]

Oops! I boil for 90 min, so I don't know which option to choose

[Bigster]

I aim for 90 mins but rarely go past 75 mins for no particular reason

[Worzel]

90 mins for me.

[shiny beast]

Depends on the weather. Evaperation rates slow down when its colder because the boil is less vigorous. Average about 75 min's.

[Alton_Bee]

I normally do 90 min boils but would also boil for longer depending on what I am brewing.

[mysterio]

60 to 90 minutes depending how I feel.

[tubby_shaw]

It's usually around the 75 minutes mark and I count that from as soon as the boil begins.
I don't have any clarity issues.

Apart from this wheat beer I'm drinking

[Scooby]

Never less than 90 up to 120 depending what else I'm doing at the time. Timed from end of hot break

[Belto]

quite a wide variation on boil times. But what consideration is given to Evaporation.
The longer the time the less liquid.
Is this just topped up with water to the SG required?
Currently I boil to 90 mins as per recommendations from this great forum

[tubby_shaw]

quite a wide variation on boil times. But what consideration is given to Evaporation.
The longer the time the less liquid.
Is this just topped up with water to the SG required?
Currently I boil to 90 mins as per recommendations from this great forum

I keep sparging until the boiler is to capacity and then I collect more in a seperate bucket and add it to the boil to compensate for evaporation

[shiny beast]

I don't find much variation in the quality of the beer depending on boil times. I use pellet hops which require less boiling to get the same utilisation. I always aim to have the level in the copper at the same point when the boil is complete. Hope that makes sense.

[subsub]

Generally 90 minutes

[BigEd]

For typical beers up to gravities of 1.060 I generally do a 60/75 minute boil. I do a 90 minute boil for my IPAs which are in the 1.073 range and for a big beer like a barleywine I boil for 120 minutes.