Which hop formula do you use?
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 02:14 PM
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 02:21 PM
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 02:26 PM
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 02:31 PM
#5
Posted 29 July 2009 - 02:41 PM
+1 Here tooI do full boils, so Tinseth works best for me.
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 04:13 PM
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 06:09 PM
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 07:46 PM
#9
Posted 30 July 2009 - 05:28 AM
That's cool!I use Rager. Chosen by careful evaluation? No, it was the default on Promash, and I never changed it.Jackie (Rager) - one of our clubs founders - gave a talk at our last meeting about how he came up with his formula. Interesting stuff - and surprisingly, a bunch of people drinking beer were quiet and listened.
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:27 AM
FWIW, when I _did_ have some beers analyzed, the IBUs came out to be almost exactly what I'd calced using Tinseth.unless you're having your beer analyzed at a lab, you won't actually know what your IBUs are anyways, I don't care what any of the calculators say. There are just too many variables involved.
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 10:37 PM
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 10:47 PM
+1Today HBU came in very handy. I was brewing a wheat for my friend's wedding and he was over so we discussed the hops choices as I was bringing the wort to a boil. I had my recipe laid out for the balance we wanted, but we started subbing, Cascade/Cenntenial blend to replace the planned Cascade additions, Hallertauer Mittelfruh for planned Tettnanger additions. Needless to say, the hops used had different alpha acids than the planned hops, so I just used HBU in my head to estimate how to change the amounts of hops to add. After the brew I ran the numbers in my spreadsheet and I only ended up increasing the IBU (Tinseth) by 1.4, essentially nothing.In addition to the BU:GU ratio there is this neat concept of the Balance Value (BV). Here's a page explaining it all. I have the BU:GU and BV both calculated on the Worksheet and listed next to the reference styles chosen. I find looking at them useful for composing recipes.Edit: um yeah, helps when I paste the link: https://beercolor.ne...om/balance.htmlDo not over look the useful HBU (Weight X AA%) and the IBU:GU ratio. Of course IBU:GU requires a Tinseth or Ragar calcuation in the first place.
Edited by chuck_d, 30 July 2009 - 10:50 PM.
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Posted 31 July 2009 - 04:44 AM
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