Hi everyone! It's been about 2.5 years since I last brewed and even then I hadn't brewed much. My first batch, an APA, just finished carbonating and I have some witbier in the primary.
I remember reading about hopping and how different hop schedules may yield different tastes. Does this go for hops used for bittering? I hopped Cascade at different amounts for every ten minutes starting at the boil and I think I hit the IBU's, may have been a little higher than what Beersmith put out. Well, I was thinking if there is really any point to that kind of hop schedule for bittering since, If I remember correctly, flavors are boiled off for anything about 20min or so. Would it be better (and more economical) to use a higher alpha acid hop and throw in enough for 60min to get your target IBU?
Sorry if my question may be a little confusing...I'm not very good at putting my thoughts into words, especially right now Ok, not really...I only had one
I remember reading about hopping and how different hop schedules may yield different tastes. Does this go for hops used for bittering? I hopped Cascade at different amounts for every ten minutes starting at the boil and I think I hit the IBU's, may have been a little higher than what Beersmith put out. Well, I was thinking if there is really any point to that kind of hop schedule for bittering since, If I remember correctly, flavors are boiled off for anything about 20min or so. Would it be better (and more economical) to use a higher alpha acid hop and throw in enough for 60min to get your target IBU?
Sorry if my question may be a little confusing...I'm not very good at putting my thoughts into words, especially right now Ok, not really...I only had one