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03-08-2007, 03:47 AM
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I'm pretty sure Berliner Weisse is not boiled, but it's the only example I've heard of and is apparently quite a sour beer. I do think it is held at a high, but sub-boiling temperature long enough to kill of most micros.
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03-08-2007, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by sause
Also to add to what everyone has said, AA's have to have something to hold on to, you can get away with small amounts in water but to hold anything really above 35-40 you need to have some gravity to the process. Besides balencing out the beer there is a reason for gravities being so high on IIPA's and such. To hold all the IBU's that a person would want in those beers you need a heck of alot of GU's.
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Huh 
Seriously, everything I've read says that high gravity hinders the release of alpha acids from hops. So from that, I assumed that low gravity (eg, water) would be the ideal carrier for alpha acids...
Is that wrong?
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03-08-2007, 11:47 AM
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Huh
Seriously, everything I've read says that high gravity hinders the release of alpha acids from hops. So from that, I assumed that low gravity (eg, water) would be the ideal carrier for alpha acids...
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You're correct...lower gravity worts will have more capacity for alpha acids than higher gravity worts. I think perhaps what sause was getting at is that as your IBU's go up, you need more gravity/GU's to balance the flavor. But I'm still working on my first coffee  |
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03-08-2007, 07:35 PM
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This was just posted by AdIN in another thread... seems relevant to this one as well:
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Minor correction to that post, diacetyl is a fermentation byproduct and will not be present in your wort. He was probably thinking of DMS.
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I don't know where the heck I read it but one study showed that lower gravity pulled more alpha out of the hops in a given time period but the maximum IBU actually goes up in higher gravity worts (with no consideration for time or quantity of hops added). If someone remembers reading what I'm talking about, post the link please.
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