Mash Times

[Laz]

Hi

I've been using the big book of brewing by Davied Line in which he says mash times should be at least 3 hours. Do I really need to mash for this long? I see that most recipes on this forum are for 60 - 90 mins?
Thanks

 

[31bb3]

Modern malts dont need that long to extract the fermenables i alway go for 90 min mash never tried 60 but some guys do

 

[Laz]

Cheers Eddie, I'm brewing bee hive bitter of the recipes page it asks for 60 but I think I'll give it 90.
Happy drinking

 

[luckyeddie]

I always do an iodine starch test after 60 minutes. If there is any indication of starch left in the wort, I will leave it for longer and re-test. So far, the longest mash I have ever done is 75 minutes - and that was only because the damned phone rang just before I was going to perform a mashout.

 

[russt1969]

Always used to mash for 90 mins. The last five brews have been done for 60 mins and I've noticed no change at all.