Hi. I'm getting ready to brew my first batch, I've done a fair amount of research beforehand, and I'm worried about my ibu calculations. I'm using a trail version of a brew program that uses "Tinseth" for the calculation, and I noticed that it is 30+ ibu's lower than some of the other free calculators online. Is tinseth the most accurate? I'm a hophead, so I plan on using a "lot" of hops, but I'm not sure how much "a lot" is in a batch.
(random example):: with my prog, an ipa with 1.066 estimated O.G., and 2 oz (14.00 % alpha) Warrior pellet hops boiled for 60 min (in a 4 gal. boil, 5 gal batch) says 71.7 ibu's. Does that sound reasonable, or way off?
I thought maybe it was because of the lower boil volume (not extracting as much) but I don't want my first beer to be 180 ibu's lol. Any help would be appreciated. Oh, it's also estimating it using a 75% brewhouse efficiency (if that matters)
(random example):: with my prog, an ipa with 1.066 estimated O.G., and 2 oz (14.00 % alpha) Warrior pellet hops boiled for 60 min (in a 4 gal. boil, 5 gal batch) says 71.7 ibu's. Does that sound reasonable, or way off?
I thought maybe it was because of the lower boil volume (not extracting as much) but I don't want my first beer to be 180 ibu's lol. Any help would be appreciated. Oh, it's also estimating it using a 75% brewhouse efficiency (if that matters)