Howdy,
So I've recently ventured off on my own, creating my own recipes and have been pretty successful making some dang good beer! One thing I can't understand is that after I plug all the info into BeerSmith I'm getting IBU's that are beyond what the palate can even handle. My last IPA was 157 IBU's but it did not even come close to a bottle I get from the liquor store that say's 90 IBU's!?!
The hop socks I add to the boil are loosely tied (a few times I didn't give them enough room to expand and i was like a baseball afterwards).
My normal schedule is: 1 liter water per pnd of grain for strike, mash, sparge enough to get about 12.5-13 gal. to boil so I yield about 10 gal after all is said and done.
am I not keeping a good enough track on water amount throughout the brew sesh? I'm sure its something simple because I'm definitely a rook. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Casey
So I've recently ventured off on my own, creating my own recipes and have been pretty successful making some dang good beer! One thing I can't understand is that after I plug all the info into BeerSmith I'm getting IBU's that are beyond what the palate can even handle. My last IPA was 157 IBU's but it did not even come close to a bottle I get from the liquor store that say's 90 IBU's!?!
The hop socks I add to the boil are loosely tied (a few times I didn't give them enough room to expand and i was like a baseball afterwards).
My normal schedule is: 1 liter water per pnd of grain for strike, mash, sparge enough to get about 12.5-13 gal. to boil so I yield about 10 gal after all is said and done.
am I not keeping a good enough track on water amount throughout the brew sesh? I'm sure its something simple because I'm definitely a rook. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Casey