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I love that the recent update to BeerSmith includes the option to add whirlpool hops and calculates IBUs which result from those additions. The question I have is whether I need to add late boil additions to the whirlpool also for calculating correct IBUs. Lately some of my beers have been coming out overhopped compared to the recipe (and yes I adjusted the utilization factor up).
The reason why I have this question is because I noticed that if I add
0.5 kg of 7%AA hops at 1 minute in the boil it says it contributes 0.1 IBUs
If I add
0.5 kg of 7%AA hops for the last 15 minutes of the whirlpool it says it contributes 0.5 IBUs.
Now the reason that strikes me as somewhat odd is that the 0.5 kg of hops that I add in the last minute of the boil all gets transferred into the whirlpool anyway, but it seems that the assumption is that once it transfers to the whirlpool then it stops contributing?
So I guess my question is - would it be more accurate to input this in the recipe (assuming whirlpooling takes 30 minutes)
0.5 kg of 7% AA hops at 1 minute in the boil
0.5 kg of 7% AA hops for 40 minutes in the whirlpool (These is the same addition as the 1 minute boil addition, but now transferred into the whirlpool)
0.5 kg of 7% AA hops for 15 minutes in the whirlpool (we add more hops directly into the whirlpool)
Logically it would seem that makes more sense because that should reflect the fact that there are still IBUs being contributed by the late boil hop additions?
What do you all think? Is there something I'm not understanding correctly?
Thanks in advance for the help!
The reason why I have this question is because I noticed that if I add
0.5 kg of 7%AA hops at 1 minute in the boil it says it contributes 0.1 IBUs
If I add
0.5 kg of 7%AA hops for the last 15 minutes of the whirlpool it says it contributes 0.5 IBUs.
Now the reason that strikes me as somewhat odd is that the 0.5 kg of hops that I add in the last minute of the boil all gets transferred into the whirlpool anyway, but it seems that the assumption is that once it transfers to the whirlpool then it stops contributing?
So I guess my question is - would it be more accurate to input this in the recipe (assuming whirlpooling takes 30 minutes)
0.5 kg of 7% AA hops at 1 minute in the boil
0.5 kg of 7% AA hops for 40 minutes in the whirlpool (These is the same addition as the 1 minute boil addition, but now transferred into the whirlpool)
0.5 kg of 7% AA hops for 15 minutes in the whirlpool (we add more hops directly into the whirlpool)
Logically it would seem that makes more sense because that should reflect the fact that there are still IBUs being contributed by the late boil hop additions?
What do you all think? Is there something I'm not understanding correctly?
Thanks in advance for the help!