Noob_Brewer
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OK, I posted a question in a different thread but thought this would apply to all different kinds of beers, but is the current consensus that hop utilization is NOT affected by wort gravity? Ive read in HBT and other places that while Palmer originally stated that hop utilization goes down with higher wort gravities but that contention doesn't seem to still be supported now.
Fast forward to my situation: Im currently trying my hand at my first double NEIPA and Im trying to determine if I need to increase my overall hop amounts IF hop utilization does indeed go down with higher gravity beers. Also, in beersmith, Ive noticed that a 60minute buttering charge with Columbus has a higher IBU estimation with a previous beer (1.065) compared to the current double I am working on (1.075). The grain bill is the same with the exception that the malts are increased a little bit. So while Im not sure exactly how beer smith is calculating the IBU contribution, it would seem to suggest (in my brain) that beer smith is lowering hop utilization with higher gravities but I could be dead wrong with this idea.
Any thoughts on your experiences on whether hop utilization is affected by wort gravity would be helpful. Trying to determine if I need to up my total hop rates or not for this double I am working on.
Thanks
Fast forward to my situation: Im currently trying my hand at my first double NEIPA and Im trying to determine if I need to increase my overall hop amounts IF hop utilization does indeed go down with higher gravity beers. Also, in beersmith, Ive noticed that a 60minute buttering charge with Columbus has a higher IBU estimation with a previous beer (1.065) compared to the current double I am working on (1.075). The grain bill is the same with the exception that the malts are increased a little bit. So while Im not sure exactly how beer smith is calculating the IBU contribution, it would seem to suggest (in my brain) that beer smith is lowering hop utilization with higher gravities but I could be dead wrong with this idea.
Any thoughts on your experiences on whether hop utilization is affected by wort gravity would be helpful. Trying to determine if I need to up my total hop rates or not for this double I am working on.
Thanks