RegionalChaos

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So I was watching the basic brewing videos, and they did an interesting experiment. I was wondering if anyone else has done it? The main guy was saying that alpha acids from hops are issomerized at about 30% during a 60 minutes boil, and that they are issomerized at about 15% level during a 15 minutes boil. Sooooo.. To get the same amount of alpha acids from 1oz of hops, you could just boil 2oz's of hops for 15 minutes. So the host brewed a few small (1 gallon maybe) and a large (5 gallon) using a 15 minute boil. He got more flavor and more bitterness from the 15 minute boil. Has anyone done this before? As someone that has a hard time scheduling brew days, a 15 minute boil sounds appealing....

Here is the show info:

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=video

June 20, 2006 - Playing with Hops

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RegionalChaos

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I might put this on my list of brews to try...

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Planned House Ales: an Amber, an IPA, a dark IPA, a Mango Ale, a blueberry oatmeal stout, a dry Irish stout, a honey wheat, Apfelwien

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AndrwHock

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That's pretty interesting. Perhaps its worth a try.

malkore

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Worth a try in two years when hops aren't 400% more expensive than they were in 2006.

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RegionalChaos

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Here is another video they did that talks about it. I think I'm going to give it a try soon. I don't see a big deal with hops. In fact, I have been using 4oz's per batch I believe. 1oz bittering, 1 flavor, 1 aroma, 1 dry hopping. I can just combine the bittering and flavoring..

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=15-minute-amarillo-ale

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How I brew: Stir plate starters, Extract, Full boil in a Keggle, 10 gallon batches.
Brewing upgrades in progress: temp controlled ferment, stir plate re-work, building mash tun, milling station

Planned House Ales: an Amber, an IPA, a dark IPA, a Mango Ale, a blueberry oatmeal stout, a dry Irish stout, a honey wheat, Apfelwien

What kind of R-Value does your ferm chamber need? - http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/what-kind-r-value-ferm-chamber-190459/

Brewsmith

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Just realize that you are going to get much more hop flavor and aroma besides the amount of bitterness.

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