aprendp3101
New Member
Hi all! Greetings from Costa Rica!!
Home Brewing culture is growing nicely around here these days
. As an enthusiast there's many things I do not understand clearly for now. So here I am..
I am working to make a partial mash, 5Gallons size, (I believe it is a partial mash) using the following ingredients:
Grains:
-3 lb. British pale
-2 lb. Roasted barley
HME
Boil(45 mins 2.5gallons):
-3.3 lb. Amber malt extract
Hops:
-0.5 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 30 min.)
I am worried about bitterness. The HME can I'm using is a Muntons and as far as I see bitterness is 35-45 IBU per can, and in some forums I read the AA for that can is 12.5%.
So the question is...do I have to count that 12.5% AA in my notes to measure the bitterness?
To be more specific I am using this website -that I just discovered- with recipes and even a 'Spreadsheet' stuff, so it will make things easier for a beginner like me
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator
My guess is I have to calculate/add/count that 12.5% AA + 0.5oz of Chinook, if I do that like this:
0.5 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 30 min.)
HME (12.5% AA, 30 min.)
I will hit the 31 IBU but of course If I don't the IBU will be different.
Guessing response is pretty obvious but what would be the correct way to measure it? Everytime I see a recipe that has involved HME normally the hop schedule is there however nothing about the HME bitterness units is mentioned.
Maybe a silly question, thanks in advance for your responses
Peloi,
Home Brewing culture is growing nicely around here these days
. As an enthusiast there's many things I do not understand clearly for now. So here I am..I am working to make a partial mash, 5Gallons size, (I believe it is a partial mash) using the following ingredients:
Grains:
-3 lb. British pale
-2 lb. Roasted barley
HME
Boil(45 mins 2.5gallons):
-3.3 lb. Amber malt extract
Hops:
-0.5 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 30 min.)
I am worried about bitterness. The HME can I'm using is a Muntons and as far as I see bitterness is 35-45 IBU per can, and in some forums I read the AA for that can is 12.5%.
So the question is...do I have to count that 12.5% AA in my notes to measure the bitterness?
To be more specific I am using this website -that I just discovered- with recipes and even a 'Spreadsheet' stuff, so it will make things easier for a beginner like me
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator
My guess is I have to calculate/add/count that 12.5% AA + 0.5oz of Chinook, if I do that like this:
0.5 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 30 min.)
HME (12.5% AA, 30 min.)
I will hit the 31 IBU but of course If I don't the IBU will be different.
Guessing response is pretty obvious but what would be the correct way to measure it? Everytime I see a recipe that has involved HME normally the hop schedule is there however nothing about the HME bitterness units is mentioned.
Maybe a silly question, thanks in advance for your responses
Peloi,
