CPooley4
Well-Known Member
Brewed my first all grain lager today. Everything went really well for the most part. However, while I was chilling the wort I noticed that the wort looked larger than it was when I began chilling. Come to find out that the wort chiller was leaking into the wort (loose clamp). I didn't notice until I had the wort down to about 80 degrees. Ended up throwing it back on the burner and boiled it for an additional 20 minutes to get the volume back down to about 5 gallons.
I'm concerned that my IBU's are now going to be out of whack from the additional boil time. I assume that I need to adjust the utilization for each addition for the extra boil time. Is this true? If so, will I get the same utilization as I would have if boiled straight through for the additional 20 minutes or since I cooled first and then brought it back up to a boil about 45 minutes later will I lose some of that utilization (that's what I'm hoping for).
Here's some numbers as they should have been:
OG - 1.045
1oz Yakima Goldings at 60 mins (4.2%)
1oz Yakima Goldings at 30 mins (4.2%)
.5 oz Mt Hood at 15 mins (5.2)
IBU's should have been in the 25 or 26 range, but with the additional boil time I'm concerned I'm going to be in the high 30's (38 or so). Anyone ever run into this and have an answer by chance.
Thanks,
cp
I'm concerned that my IBU's are now going to be out of whack from the additional boil time. I assume that I need to adjust the utilization for each addition for the extra boil time. Is this true? If so, will I get the same utilization as I would have if boiled straight through for the additional 20 minutes or since I cooled first and then brought it back up to a boil about 45 minutes later will I lose some of that utilization (that's what I'm hoping for).
Here's some numbers as they should have been:
OG - 1.045
1oz Yakima Goldings at 60 mins (4.2%)
1oz Yakima Goldings at 30 mins (4.2%)
.5 oz Mt Hood at 15 mins (5.2)
IBU's should have been in the 25 or 26 range, but with the additional boil time I'm concerned I'm going to be in the high 30's (38 or so). Anyone ever run into this and have an answer by chance.
Thanks,
cp