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Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by mckay75 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:16 pm

So i brewed an Imperial IPA on Monday...following this recipe:

Grains and Sugars
12.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 57.83 %
5.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 24.10 %
1.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 4.82 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2.41 %
0.25 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 1.20 %
2.00 lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 9.64 %

Hops
2.00 oz Magnum [14.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 64.5 IBU
2.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (30 min) Hops 35.8 IBU
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 5.1 IBU

--Dry Hop--
2.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days)
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days)

Being the newb I am...I didn't pay attention to the AA% on the hops I acquired and didn't adjust the recipe accordingly (Actual % of what I had was Magnum 20.5%, Centennial 10.8%, and Cascade 9.1%). There's quite a difference...when I plug it in Beersmith...the IBUs go from 105 to 140. Did I totally ruin this batch of beer with the amount of hops? Could I adjust the amount of dry hops to balance this out...or just make the necessary AA % adjustments to match the recipe? I'm thinking likely not since the largest difference is with the bittering hops...but thought I'd ask.

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by LiverDance » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:19 pm

mckay75 wrote: Did I totally ruin this batch of beer with the amount of hops?
Hell no man, you've made it better!!! :headbang: We've brewed beers that the bittering ibu's alone were 210 so I think you'll make out just fine as is.
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by akr71 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:24 pm

:stupid:
Plus, if I'm not mistaken Alpha Acids are only soluble up to ~100 IBU make. That doesn't mean you won't taste a difference, you will, but in a :drool: hops way, not a mouth puckering way.
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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by mckay75 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:43 pm

Awesome! Thanks for the input! I'll be sure to follow up and let you know how it turned out.

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by mr x » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:47 pm

LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!! :headbang:
Amen. Unless you are this guy:
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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by bluenose » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:03 pm

mr x wrote:
LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!! :headbang:
Amen. Unless you are this guy:
At least it made it all the way to Chicago :wtf:
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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by mr x » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:15 pm

The underground beer railroad stretches far and wide.... :lol:
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. :wtf:

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by LiverDance » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:27 pm

mr x wrote:
LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!! :headbang:
Amen. Unless you are this guy:
he must have been one of the CBA judges this year :lol:
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by bluenose » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:46 pm

too bad, the guy's a ktrillionaire... that's like two more 0's than Bill Gates
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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by mr x » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:48 pm

lmfao
At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. :wtf:

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by chalmers » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:00 pm

That guy's review must be my fault, I had taken a bottle of Messie to Chi-town to trade for a Dark Lord.

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%

Post by NASH » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:56 pm

LiverDance wrote:
mr x wrote:
LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!! :headbang:
Amen. Unless you are this guy:
he must have been one of the CBA judges this year :lol:
Nope. He didn't mention the SWEAT! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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