grizzly2378
Well-Known Member
Here's my problem: I'm thinking of brewing up a Focal Banger clone recipe that calls for 7 ml of hop extract at 60 minutes for the bittering charge. Neither my go-to online brew store (Rite Brew) nor my local homebrew shop carry hop extract, which means I would have to place an additional online order, and pay additional shipping, just for the hop extract. I really prefer to get all my ingredients from one source, and pay one shipping cost, and Rite Brew almost never fails to have the lowest prices for grains/hops (plus, can order grains by the ounce and fairly quick shipping for me).
So, I'm thinking of just replacing the hop extract with some high alpha hop, such as Magnum, Warrior or Nugget to get the same number of IBUs. Any reason why that shouldn't be done? Really, the Focal Banger recipe looks like a slightly juiced up Fresh Squeezed IPA recipe, which I've cloned a few times using Nugget as the bittering hop, so that's what I'm leaning toward.
So, I'm thinking of just replacing the hop extract with some high alpha hop, such as Magnum, Warrior or Nugget to get the same number of IBUs. Any reason why that shouldn't be done? Really, the Focal Banger recipe looks like a slightly juiced up Fresh Squeezed IPA recipe, which I've cloned a few times using Nugget as the bittering hop, so that's what I'm leaning toward.