Didn't look at the alpha acid percentage

[JCasey1992]

Hi all!

I currently have a biab pale ale that has been sitting in the fermenter for a couple days now. Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
9 lbs Maris Otter
1 lbs Vienna Malt
1 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added first wort, boiled 60 min
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 1 min
2 ea Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
2.0 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
2.0 oz Orange zest - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
1 oz Coriander crushed - added during boil, boiled 10 min

I didn't realize until tonight that my cascades were 6.9% AA rather than the 5.5% AA the recipe calls for. Will this be problematic? Also, considering I haven't dry hopped yet, is there a way I can counter this and make sure this isn't overly hoppy?

Judging by the beersmith calculations, I imagine that it's just going to be little more bitter but I just thought I'd check to see if anybody had any insight into this issue.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Not a big deal imho....RDWHAHB

 

[RM-MN]

If you think it is too bitter for you when you have it bottled and conditioned for a month, you can ship the bottles to me and I'll choke down that beer for you.

I think you will like this beer. If not immediately you will learn. It's described as "lupulin shift", your palate will adjust to liking more bitter beers as time goes on.

 

[morbster]

It will be no problem. Should still fall nicely in the pale ale category and be a tasty brew.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Since your actual IBU's will inevitably vary from Tinseth by roughly +/- 33% (or perhaps more) anyway, and it is more likely for this variance to be to the downside than to the upside, odds are that you may come closer to your target via this mistake. Call it a feature.

On top of this, in a recent podcast interview, Glenn Tinseth mentioned that he never once tested pellet hops, so he said that all IBU bets are off for pellets.