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Originally Posted by Poindexter
getting the hops intothe mash tun really brings out flavor depth I can't get any other way. Bitterness seems to be about the same, but the flavor is improved, dramatically. I suppose it is the low pH inthe tun during the acid rest that helps dissolve the alpha acids.
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Interesting. I did quite a few tests om mash hopping and concluded that in my case it did nothing at all. No one was ever able to identify a mash hopped beer correctly and when it was analyzed it had about 10% of the IBUs that would have been predicted. OTOH, I never do an acid rest.
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