monkeydan
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I will be brewing the Lake Walk Pale Ale per the recipe in this thread...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/lake-walk-pale-ale-32939/
This is only my second brew and I had a few queries:
I'm using the free Hopville Beer Calculus recipe calculator to plug the numbers into. However I ended up with 65.4 IBUs - should I just bring the 60 minute additions down so I get 45 IBUs per the recipe? Or maybe shoot for an OG:BU ratio of 1:1 (so hit 55 IBUs)? Adjusting for the AA of the hops I have, I only need 1/2 oz of Amarillo and 1/2 oz of Simcoe at 60 minutes to hit 52 IBUs (keeping 1oz of each at 5 minutes). Does this seem right?
Also as I have not used this equipment before (I used a friend's equipment the only other time I brewed), where should I set my efficiency? (The recipe states 80% but how likely am I to achieve this?)
I've converted everything into metric as I am from the UK but I;ve ended up with
19l batch
89% Maris Otter - 3.7kg
6% Crystal (around 50L) - 0.23kg
6% Wheat Malt - 0.23kg
14g Amarillo @ 60 (9.5% AA)
14g Simcoe @ 60 (12.2% AA)
28g Amarillo @ 5
28g Simcoe @ 5
boil 20.8l for 60m
Cheers!
Dan
I will be brewing the Lake Walk Pale Ale per the recipe in this thread...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/lake-walk-pale-ale-32939/
This is only my second brew and I had a few queries:
I'm using the free Hopville Beer Calculus recipe calculator to plug the numbers into. However I ended up with 65.4 IBUs - should I just bring the 60 minute additions down so I get 45 IBUs per the recipe? Or maybe shoot for an OG:BU ratio of 1:1 (so hit 55 IBUs)? Adjusting for the AA of the hops I have, I only need 1/2 oz of Amarillo and 1/2 oz of Simcoe at 60 minutes to hit 52 IBUs (keeping 1oz of each at 5 minutes). Does this seem right?
Also as I have not used this equipment before (I used a friend's equipment the only other time I brewed), where should I set my efficiency? (The recipe states 80% but how likely am I to achieve this?)
I've converted everything into metric as I am from the UK but I;ve ended up with
19l batch
89% Maris Otter - 3.7kg
6% Crystal (around 50L) - 0.23kg
6% Wheat Malt - 0.23kg
14g Amarillo @ 60 (9.5% AA)
14g Simcoe @ 60 (12.2% AA)
28g Amarillo @ 5
28g Simcoe @ 5
boil 20.8l for 60m
Cheers!
Dan