maltoftheearth
Well-Known Member
A couple of weeks ago I put together an American Pale Ale recipe in BeerSmith and indicated additions of .8oz of EKG (5.8%AA, 60 minutes), .8oz Fuggles (4.2%AA, 5 minutes), and .8oz Columbus (13.3%AA, flameout.) Brewed the beer that morning. Great brew day, *thought* there were no problems.
I checked today and all the .8oz additions were actually .5oz additions. It messes me up to move from lbs to ozs I guess.
Anyway, I need some some increasing the bitterness of the beer AND knowing how to measure the IBU's (if possible.) I have some DME and .5 oz of each of the above hops. I would like to do some dry hopping so I was thinking maybe boiling some DME with the Columbus for 30 minutes, that would bring me back up to style.
Here are my questions:
1. How much water & DME do I boil?
2. After cooling I will be adding this to a 5% ABV beer (fermented 2 weeks now with Wyeast 1056) - should I shake up the carboy or do anything like I would do if this were fresh wort?
If anyone has other ideas for how to improve the bitterness of this beer please let me know! Thank you!
I checked today and all the .8oz additions were actually .5oz additions. It messes me up to move from lbs to ozs I guess.
Anyway, I need some some increasing the bitterness of the beer AND knowing how to measure the IBU's (if possible.) I have some DME and .5 oz of each of the above hops. I would like to do some dry hopping so I was thinking maybe boiling some DME with the Columbus for 30 minutes, that would bring me back up to style.
Here are my questions:
1. How much water & DME do I boil?
2. After cooling I will be adding this to a 5% ABV beer (fermented 2 weeks now with Wyeast 1056) - should I shake up the carboy or do anything like I would do if this were fresh wort?
If anyone has other ideas for how to improve the bitterness of this beer please let me know! Thank you!