JunctionPoint
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According to quite recent detailed research conducted by Professor Christopher S. Hamilton, Ph.D at Hillsdale College, in conjunction with his students, pellet hops essentially deliver all of the IBU's that they are ever going to deliver within only about 30 minutes, and they are at about 90% of achieving this end by 20 minutes. And they are about 70%-75% of the way there in only 5-10 minutes. And get this, they are ballpark 60% of the way home within as little as 1 minute. His research renders all current IBU calculators totally useless when dealing with pellet hops.
The research was initially presented at the EBC Hop Symposium in Nuremberg, Germany, in September of 2018:
https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/3/a/c/3a...12917278&hwt=1481fc9e35bd6eddb8354109153b85f4
You might find this interesting regarding timing of hop additions. Maybe move the 20 minute additions later to 5 minute of flame out?
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