So in using a new Beer program on the iPad I came across two questions that I would like to know.
1) I am going to be making an extract brew from Northern Brewer. It is an Imperial Stout (7.99%). It uses Summit Hops for the full 60 minute boil and gets an estimated IBU of 81.93. Is that high for a stout? I always was under the assumption that ~50 is the upper end for a stout. But does the fact that its imperial make having an 80+IBU ok?
2) In playing with some numbers in the beer program I saw that when I did a 5 gal full boil (accounting for boil off), that I got an IBU of 81.93. But when I adjusted the boil to 3 Gal (assuming that I will top of 2 gal at the end to make it 5gal total), I get an IBU of around 43. Why the large difference? Is this accurate? or is this just confusion on the brew software? I only have the ability to do partial boils with my 5gal stock pot right now, so I'm wondering why the numbers are showing the way they are right now.
Thanks guys and gals! :rockin:
1) I am going to be making an extract brew from Northern Brewer. It is an Imperial Stout (7.99%). It uses Summit Hops for the full 60 minute boil and gets an estimated IBU of 81.93. Is that high for a stout? I always was under the assumption that ~50 is the upper end for a stout. But does the fact that its imperial make having an 80+IBU ok?
2) In playing with some numbers in the beer program I saw that when I did a 5 gal full boil (accounting for boil off), that I got an IBU of 81.93. But when I adjusted the boil to 3 Gal (assuming that I will top of 2 gal at the end to make it 5gal total), I get an IBU of around 43. Why the large difference? Is this accurate? or is this just confusion on the brew software? I only have the ability to do partial boils with my 5gal stock pot right now, so I'm wondering why the numbers are showing the way they are right now.
Thanks guys and gals! :rockin: