How Much Extract Can I Get Away With Int He Boil?

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I'm going to do up a quick lager tonight, I have a yeast ready and dont want to leave the starter too much longer ...

I'm going to do a 60 minute boil of some extract with some hops - going to use the last of my nelson up on it in a pilsener - I'm wondering how little extract I can get away with with boiling the hops up in that 60 minutes? I know that I do need some int here for some extraction ...

What kind of water ratios and extract amounts do I need to still get the right bitterness, and yet keep the OG of the small boil down, and still keep it fairly light?

cheers!
 
Not sure if this will help you. I have just done a Pilsner extract and boiled up around 3kg of LME in 8ltrs of water with hops for 60mins. I was "advised" to use my total malt extract when boiling.

BYB
 
hmmm, i guess i will use about my entire can of LME (1.7kg) in the boil then .. maybe around 7 liters?
 
If it's a 7 litre boil, half the can should be plenty.
 
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