Newb question regarding hops and AA%
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Newb question regarding hops and AA%
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.
Thanks
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.
Thanks
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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%
Hell no man, you've made it better!!!mckay75 wrote: Did I totally ruin this batch of beer with the amount of hops?

"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%

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

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Re: Newb question regarding hops and AA%
Awesome! Thanks for the input! I'll be sure to follow up and let you know how it turned out.
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Amen. Unless you are this guy:LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!!
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At least it made it all the way to Chicagomr x wrote:Amen. Unless you are this guy:LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!!

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The underground beer railroad stretches far and wide.... 

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he must have been one of the CBA judges this yearmr x wrote:Amen. Unless you are this guy:LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!!

"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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too bad, the guy's a ktrillionaire... that's like two more 0's than Bill Gates
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lmfao
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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%
Nope. He didn't mention the SWEAT!LiverDance wrote:he must have been one of the CBA judges this yearmr x wrote:Amen. Unless you are this guy:LiverDance wrote:Hell no man, you've made it better!!!



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