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I know this is an old thread but was re-visiting as this is a beer I’m looking at again now. I just don’t understand why anybody would use Fuggle for bittering. I’ve seen this hop as low as 3.5% AA in recent years, sometimes its as high as 5%. Willamette would be a Fuggle substitute that is sometimes slightly higher but still not exactly high AA%. I don’t get the idea of bittering with 2-4 oz of a low alpha hop.So after further research and communication with North Coast I have come to a final recipe that doesn’t include an extended boil or first runnings reduction. I knew fuggles for bittering and EKG for aroma and that IBU is around 27-33. I’m wondering how to decide how much of the IBUs come from bittering and how much come from aroma? As my recipe currently stands I have 24.6 IBUs from 60 min fuggle addition and 2.9 IBUs from 5 min EKG addition. Looking for feedback/advice.
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