I've picked up a Brewer's Best IPA kit. The instructions call for boiling 2.5 gallons and adding 2.5 gallons to the fermenter. I'd like to do a 5 gallon full boil instead so I understand the amount of hops need adjustment. In an effort to learn myself I downloaded the beersmith application.
What I entered is as follows for the recipe as called for in the instructions:
5.0 gallon batch
1.0 lb Light Dry Extract (brewer's best light spray dried malt)
6.6 lb Pale Liquid Extract (Muntons Malt Extract Light)
1.0 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt 40L
8.0 oz Crushed Victory Malt
2.0 oz Cascade Bittering Hops (7.5% alpha acid) - boil 55 minutes
1.0 oz Columbus Bittering Hops (14.2% alpha acid) - boil 55 minutes
1.0 oz Cascade Aroma Hops (7.5% "" "") - boil 5 minutes
Plugging that all in and I'm getting an IBU of 98.8...not sure if I'm entering something wrong but that's what the recipe calls for. The recipe gives an IBU range of 45-49.
Any help on what I'm doing wrong to get such a high IBU and how to adjust it to around a 60 - 80 IBU instead? Thanks
What I entered is as follows for the recipe as called for in the instructions:
5.0 gallon batch
1.0 lb Light Dry Extract (brewer's best light spray dried malt)
6.6 lb Pale Liquid Extract (Muntons Malt Extract Light)
1.0 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt 40L
8.0 oz Crushed Victory Malt
2.0 oz Cascade Bittering Hops (7.5% alpha acid) - boil 55 minutes
1.0 oz Columbus Bittering Hops (14.2% alpha acid) - boil 55 minutes
1.0 oz Cascade Aroma Hops (7.5% "" "") - boil 5 minutes
Plugging that all in and I'm getting an IBU of 98.8...not sure if I'm entering something wrong but that's what the recipe calls for. The recipe gives an IBU range of 45-49.
Any help on what I'm doing wrong to get such a high IBU and how to adjust it to around a 60 - 80 IBU instead? Thanks