Hi all. I'm missing something.
So I brewed my first batch from a kit, and now I'm ready to dive in way over my head. And I have.
I'm brewing a batch without a kit, and I have piped all the information into some brewing software. I thought it was all fine, until I started tinkering with the boil volume. Now, everythings wonky.
Previously, I had an IBU value of around 22. The program was assuming that based on a 6.08 gallon boil, however. I have a 6-gallon brew pot and a 6.08 gallon boil seems more than a little impossible. The recipe I made from the kit called for a 2.5 gallon boil, then I added water.
Ok fine, so I have to increase the hop boil amount/time ratio to increase IBUs. I get that. But I feel like I'm missing something: I put in the kit's recipe and ingredients into my software and guess what? Everything was fine until I adjusted the boil to a 2.5 gallon boil like the instructions said. When I did that, the 10-13 IBUs they were saying I would end up with dropped to 6. Is the kit wrong? Is the program wrong? Or am I failing to take something into consideration? I don't want to brew a 5-gallon batch of underhopped beer, if another coupe ounces can make all the difference. At the same time, I don't want to overhop it. I'm shooting for a style calling for 20-28 IBUs.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
So I brewed my first batch from a kit, and now I'm ready to dive in way over my head. And I have.
I'm brewing a batch without a kit, and I have piped all the information into some brewing software. I thought it was all fine, until I started tinkering with the boil volume. Now, everythings wonky.
Previously, I had an IBU value of around 22. The program was assuming that based on a 6.08 gallon boil, however. I have a 6-gallon brew pot and a 6.08 gallon boil seems more than a little impossible. The recipe I made from the kit called for a 2.5 gallon boil, then I added water.
Ok fine, so I have to increase the hop boil amount/time ratio to increase IBUs. I get that. But I feel like I'm missing something: I put in the kit's recipe and ingredients into my software and guess what? Everything was fine until I adjusted the boil to a 2.5 gallon boil like the instructions said. When I did that, the 10-13 IBUs they were saying I would end up with dropped to 6. Is the kit wrong? Is the program wrong? Or am I failing to take something into consideration? I don't want to brew a 5-gallon batch of underhopped beer, if another coupe ounces can make all the difference. At the same time, I don't want to overhop it. I'm shooting for a style calling for 20-28 IBUs.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!