woodmansee
Active Member
I'm looking for some advice on doing a series of SMaSH recipes to help me hone in on hops that I really like. My ultimate goal with all this is to really understand the flavor imparted by different hop varieties, so I can develop my own perfect (for me) house IPA. My plan is to do 2-Row to an OG of ~1.07. So my question is this: If I really wanted to understand the flavors that I get from each hop, should I pick an IBU level and brew each batch to that same IBU (keeping the same hopping schedule, but adjusting the amount of hops at each addition to achieve the same IBU), or would I get a better idea by just picking an amount of hops and a hopping schedule and letting the IBU end up wherever it lands?
I'm leaning towards maintaining the same IBU across all the beers, because this would essentially mean that I am brewing the exact same beer each time and only changing the hop used, but I would like to hear your opinions.
Thanks!
I'm leaning towards maintaining the same IBU across all the beers, because this would essentially mean that I am brewing the exact same beer each time and only changing the hop used, but I would like to hear your opinions.
Thanks!