Question about Boiling Hop Addition Mistake

[Matthew Gonzales]

Good evening everyone,

I recently began all grain brewing and had a question about my hop additions during my boil. My brew day went well but I added a hop addition 30 minutes before I was supposed to. The recipe called for:

.5 oz Citra at start of boil (60 minute boil)

.5 oz Citra + .5 oz Cascade 15 min before the end of boil so 45 minutes into the boil.

.5 oz Citra + .5 oz Cascade at Flameout

1 oz Cascade
.5 oz Citra Dry Hop for 7 days

I added the bold hop addition above 15 minutes into the boil instead of 15 minutes before the end of the boil.

Since I noticed this mistake, I ran the boil for an extra 15 minutes hoping it would help.

I added the Flameout additions accordingly.

Then I will add the Dry Hop addition in about a week.

My over all question is how costly will this mistake impact my beer?

 

[whiskeyjack]

You will have more bitterness, and less flavor/aroma bitterness. It will be beer, just not exactly what it would have been. It's not going to be world's apart by any means, the Flameout extended time will recover some of the lost flavor or aroma, good call on that. I once switched my bittering with my flavor hops, was still good beer

 

[divrack]

You ran the boil longer or the steep? Running the boil longer is the wrong way around as you're getting even more bitterness abs less aroma. Nevertheless it will be fine just more bitter less flavor. You might have added a bit extra at 5 mins to bump up the aroma /flavor, but if just taste it and if you don't think there is enough hopness dose it with a bigger dry hop

 

[FunkedOut]

Extending the boil duration should increase the bitterness yielded from all of the additions.

You added some hops earlier than planned, yielding more bitterness and less flavor aroma for that addition’s contribution.
Then fixed it by boiling longer which had the same effect on that addition again and the 60 minute addition (which is now a 75 minute addition).

These numbers below are not exactly going to apply to your batch because of volume, alpha acids, gravity and a few other factors but it will give you an idea...

The 60min charge should’ve yielded ~19.6IBU
The 15min charge should’ve yielded ~16.4IBU
Total = ~36IBU

Adding the 15min charge at 45min changes that yield to ~30.5IBU.
Total = ~50IBU

Extending the boil 15 minutes changes those yields to ~20.8IBU and ~33.6IBU, respectively.
Total = ~54.4IBU


All that said, I think you’ll definitely taste the difference in IBU’s, so don’t judge this recipe by this batch.
If you don’t like it, you can sent it to me.

 

[Matthew Gonzales]

Extending the boil duration should increase the bitterness yielded from all of the additions.

You added some hops earlier than planned, yielding more bitterness and less flavor aroma for that addition’s contribution.
Then fixed it by boiling longer which had the same effect on that addition again and the 60 minute addition (which is now a 75 minute addition).

These numbers below are not exactly going to apply to your batch because of volume, alpha acids, gravity and a few other factors but it will give you an idea...

The 60min charge should’ve yielded ~19.6IBU
The 15min charge should’ve yielded ~16.4IBU
Total = ~36IBU

Adding the 15min charge at 45min changes that yield to ~30.5IBU.
Total = ~50IBU

Extending the boil 15 minutes changes those yields to ~20.8IBU and ~33.6IBU, respectively.
Total = ~54.4IBU


All that said, I think you’ll definitely taste the difference in IBU’s, so don’t judge this recipe by this batch.
If you don’t like it, you can sent it to me.

Thank you for the information !! Is there some type of calculator you use for IBU's or are you just very very smart?

 

[FunkedOut]

Thank you for the information !! Is there some type of calculator you use for IBU's or are you just very very smart?

Not smart. Beersmith is the calculator I used.

 

[RM-MN]

Thank you for the information !! Is there some type of calculator you use for IBU's or are you just very very smart?

I think both answers are correct. He did use software to calculate the IBU's but he is also smart for asking you to send him the beer if you don't like it.

 

[Morrey]

Something I do that may help you with your additions in the future:

Night before brew day - I weigh out each hop addition into a small cup, then label the cup with the time to add it in. For example, I would have put the hops in a cup labeled 15 Minutes To Go. Typically you'll have several cups all labeled with the times (To Go) remaining in the boil. Having these hop additions as well as items like whirlfloc, all in in cups labeled with the times to go helps me keep it straight as well as streamlining my brew day by having this organized upfront.