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The fact that wort gravity affected IBUs in Beersmith at all makes me wonder if it's still calculating based on the old utilization formulas. Anyone know how IBUs are being calculated in these tools?

Listened to the episode last night. Thanks for the recommendation. Seems like Palmer had to pretty thoroughly walk back his utilization calculations. I still may end up experimenting with shorter boils on extract batches, especially recipes with a hop profile leaning toward flavor and aroma.

Interesting, Yooper. I've got a couple of replies to this thread that I think are stuck in moderation due to links to Palmer's utilization table. Sounds like that might be out the window anyway.

I'm afraid my earlier reply got moderated for some reason, which is a bummer. Here's a recap: Using John Palmer's hop utilization chart, seen here: How to Brew - By John Palmer - Hop Bittering Calculations you can determine the amount of bitterness extracted from a hop addition given the...

Edit: see posts below.

tl;dr: Can I shorten my boil time with an extract kit by increasing boil volume and achieve the same hop utilization? I've had decent luck with a couple of variations on Basic Brewing's 15 minute extract beers. I'm always looking to shave time off of my brew day, so it occurred to me that...