English Brown Ale --- IBU tweak ?

SleepySamSlim · Dec 12, 2008

I'm going to brew batch #2 --- a English Brown Ale - Southern ---- so this will be a malty brew.

Using BeerSmith on the recipe I get a IBU of 12.5 --- which is in the lower range of 10-20 IBUs for a Southern Brown Ale. I'm tempted to do a minor hops boot to hit an IBU 15.

I am indeed looking to brew a mild smooth ale .... so am I quibbling about a points of IBUs ??

HOOTER · Dec 12, 2008

I'm not sure I'd stress a couple IBU's to be honest. Just follow the recipe and see what happens. If you think it needs more hops or whatever you can tweak the recipe next time.

Grinder12000 · Dec 13, 2008

I'm with Hooter. If there is a recipe somebody seems to think it is good. So I would do the recipe and THEN tweak it. All IBUs are not created equal.

BarleyWater · Dec 13, 2008

It takes a difference of at least 5 IBUs before the palate can really detect it.

david_42 · Dec 13, 2008

Most people can't even detect a 10 point difference. I took an off-flavor seminar at OSU and when they gave us four samples, 10, 20, 30 & 40 IBU, only one person out of 22 got them all in the correct order!

Wasn't me, by the way. I had the 20 & 30 swapped.

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