RegionalChaos
Well-Known Member
So I was watching the basic brewing videos, and they did an interesting experiment. I was wondering if anyone else has done it? The main guy was saying that alpha acids from hops are issomerized at about 30% during a 60 minutes boil, and that they are issomerized at about 15% level during a 15 minutes boil. Sooooo.. To get the same amount of alpha acids from 1oz of hops, you could just boil 2oz's of hops for 15 minutes. So the host brewed a few small (1 gallon maybe) and a large (5 gallon) using a 15 minute boil. He got more flavor and more bitterness from the 15 minute boil. Has anyone done this before? As someone that has a hard time scheduling brew days, a 15 minute boil sounds appealing....
Here is the show info:
http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=video
June 20, 2006 - Playing with Hops
Here is the show info:
http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=video
June 20, 2006 - Playing with Hops