McLovinBeast57
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Which do you prefer and why?
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I have found my hop burst ales are less bitter than calculated. On paper the ale should be balanced, but in practice it is definitely tilted towards the sweet side. So in the future I will increase my ibus by 10-20% to compensate. If I did a bittering charge then, IMO, it loses the whole point of hop bursting.
What if you added the hop burst (flavor) hops at 20 minutes instead of 15.
Would that add enough additional IBUs?
Would the flavor extraction at 20 minutes be close to that at 15 minutes?
All of my hop burst ales are additions at 20 minutes and less. 20,10, 5, 0. Or some variation of that to get the calculated ibus correct. Even with this technique, the perceived bitterness is lower. This is something I will negate with the overall increase of hops.
Why Hops burst at 10 minutes or less?
They will provide less flavor and less IBUs.
If you use the entire Hops Burst amount at 20 minutes, you will get a lot of flavor and enough IBUs.
Though you wont get much aroma.
Exactly, you said it. You won't get much aroma. The point of hop bursting is to get intense flavor and aroma.
If you want intense aroma you need a different technique, a hop stand and dry hopping. If you want intense flavor, add more hops at 15-20 minutes.
Adding hops at 10 minutes accomplishes neither, not as much flavor and not much aroma.
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