After reading Kunze we found that thermal stress on wort is a real thing and we can taste it too. When experimenting with longer boils with a higher boiloff rate there was more color pickup and the wort then lost most of the fresh malt flavor that was present pre-boil. The resulting beer was not smooth and drinkability and flavor suffered. Going to a shorter, gentle boil showed a lot of improvement. Far better taste, less color, and all around a better beer.

Kunze talks quite a bit about thermal stress and here are some excerpts from him:

After reading Kunze I fashioned a new boil kettle lid, with a small cut out to allow for less thermal stress from the element, while still allowing for the steam to escape.

For reference, here is a video of my boil intensity.

You should be targeting a simmer rather than a rolling boil.

It’s definitely something to play around with and fine tune in your process.