I have just found this info:
"T-90 Pellets are milled into a powder and then squeezed through a die. They retain all of the vegetative matter that came in the hop cones and can be used as a full replacement for cone hops. T-45 pellets follow a similar process except that when they are milled it is with the addition of heat to make the lupulin less sticky. Once through the mill some of the vegetative matter is removed and the remaining material is then pressed through a die to make the familiar pellet shape. T-45 pellets can also be used a full replacement for hop cones. The difference between the two types of pellets is that with the T-45 version you get he same alpha acid numbers with less over all material in the kettle at the end of the day. - See more at: http://www.kettletokeg.com/blog/2012/05/t-90-versus-t-45-hop-pellets-what-does-it-mean/#sthash.9814uNE0.dpuf"
There is one thing I dont understand: once I type in a recipe creator (like brewtoad for example) how much hops I'll use, plus that they are pellets with a specific AA %, then does it account for T45 or T90 hops?
Because the same alpha acid content that I achieve with T45 hops cant be achieved with T90 hops, right? Since there is more vegetative material in the T90 hops. Meaning it weighs more too, right?
I am actually using Palmers calculation (which is IBU = AAU x U x 75 / Vrecipe) to calculate the amount of hops I need apart from Brewtoad, but I never thought of how to account for the different types of hops in that calculation. Is it something that should be accounted for at all?
"T-90 Pellets are milled into a powder and then squeezed through a die. They retain all of the vegetative matter that came in the hop cones and can be used as a full replacement for cone hops. T-45 pellets follow a similar process except that when they are milled it is with the addition of heat to make the lupulin less sticky. Once through the mill some of the vegetative matter is removed and the remaining material is then pressed through a die to make the familiar pellet shape. T-45 pellets can also be used a full replacement for hop cones. The difference between the two types of pellets is that with the T-45 version you get he same alpha acid numbers with less over all material in the kettle at the end of the day. - See more at: http://www.kettletokeg.com/blog/2012/05/t-90-versus-t-45-hop-pellets-what-does-it-mean/#sthash.9814uNE0.dpuf"
There is one thing I dont understand: once I type in a recipe creator (like brewtoad for example) how much hops I'll use, plus that they are pellets with a specific AA %, then does it account for T45 or T90 hops?
Because the same alpha acid content that I achieve with T45 hops cant be achieved with T90 hops, right? Since there is more vegetative material in the T90 hops. Meaning it weighs more too, right?
I am actually using Palmers calculation (which is IBU = AAU x U x 75 / Vrecipe) to calculate the amount of hops I need apart from Brewtoad, but I never thought of how to account for the different types of hops in that calculation. Is it something that should be accounted for at all?
