Chenzo
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We just brewed a Belgian Strong Dark ale recipe. It calls for Magnum hops with 15.4% Apha Acid @ 1/2 an ounce, or 7.7 AAUs... Our beer store was out of Magnum hops, so we bought Golding instead at 5% AA, and even wrote a note on the recipe to use 3 times as much to get up to 7.7 AAUs. You can see where this is going...
By the time we actually brewed, we forgot to regard our note, and added the original quantity of hops, forgetting that those hops had much lower alpha acids... thus we only added 2.5 AAUs instead of 7.7... Our beer is going to be way less bitter than the recipe called for.
I'm worried this won't be bitter enough, especially in such a strong beer like this one. I'm contemplating boiling the extra ounce of hops in a cup or two of water, then straining the hops and adding the bitter water to the carboy. Has anyone tried anything like this, or does anyone see any potential problems with this?
Any suggestions would be very helpful
By the time we actually brewed, we forgot to regard our note, and added the original quantity of hops, forgetting that those hops had much lower alpha acids... thus we only added 2.5 AAUs instead of 7.7... Our beer is going to be way less bitter than the recipe called for.
I'm worried this won't be bitter enough, especially in such a strong beer like this one. I'm contemplating boiling the extra ounce of hops in a cup or two of water, then straining the hops and adding the bitter water to the carboy. Has anyone tried anything like this, or does anyone see any potential problems with this?
Any suggestions would be very helpful