So i just brewed this up and was entering the recipe into beersmith and noticed the ibu on the included instructions way off from beersmith. The instructions show ibu around 20-23 which is in line with a traditional bock but beersmith came up around 9.
Recipe:
Steeping grains
8oz caramel 120l
4oz chocolate
4oz carapils
Fermentables
6.6 lb munich lme
2lb golden light dme
8;z maltodextrin
Hops
.75oz cluster bittering
.25 mt. Hood aroma
1 pkg brewferm lager yeast
I replaced the yeast with white labs german bock and added yeast nutrient and irish moss
Am i crazy or is the hops bill way too light?
If i did a full boil the hops would bitter at just about 20ibu but since extract brews are 2.5gal boils the recipe sheet usually is adjusted to reflect lower utilization.
Recipe:
Steeping grains
8oz caramel 120l
4oz chocolate
4oz carapils
Fermentables
6.6 lb munich lme
2lb golden light dme
8;z maltodextrin
Hops
.75oz cluster bittering
.25 mt. Hood aroma
1 pkg brewferm lager yeast
I replaced the yeast with white labs german bock and added yeast nutrient and irish moss
Am i crazy or is the hops bill way too light?
If i did a full boil the hops would bitter at just about 20ibu but since extract brews are 2.5gal boils the recipe sheet usually is adjusted to reflect lower utilization.