jnacey
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I can't seem to find this discussed all that much and given the focus on huge hop stand/steeping additions these days I figured it was an interesting topic:
What is the effect of a 10-20 minute whirlpool after flameout on hops added during the boil (FWH, 15, 10, 5, etc)?
It seems strange to me that when plugging flameout hops into BeerSmith and designating them as whirlpool addition, the calculated IBUs shoot up but the predicted IBUs for a late 5 minute addition don't budge. I imagine that the lack of a rigorous boil has an effect on hop utilization and isomerization, but its clearly not zero.
Does anybody else account for these when doing a flameout hop burst? Am I way off base?
Thx.
I can't seem to find this discussed all that much and given the focus on huge hop stand/steeping additions these days I figured it was an interesting topic:
What is the effect of a 10-20 minute whirlpool after flameout on hops added during the boil (FWH, 15, 10, 5, etc)?
It seems strange to me that when plugging flameout hops into BeerSmith and designating them as whirlpool addition, the calculated IBUs shoot up but the predicted IBUs for a late 5 minute addition don't budge. I imagine that the lack of a rigorous boil has an effect on hop utilization and isomerization, but its clearly not zero.
Does anybody else account for these when doing a flameout hop burst? Am I way off base?
Thx.