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I have a batch with a target IBU of 60. The hops are Perle (boil) and Sterling (finishing / whirlpool).
The batch size is 5.25 gallons, the starting gravity is 1.084, Perle is 7.5 AA, and Sterling 7.0 AA.
Can someone recommend the hops, in ounces, for both Perle and Sterling to get to 60 IBU.
As the Sterling is finishing, or whirlpool, I doubt it will contribute much bittering as the Perle at 60 minutes. However, I do kill the heat, whirlpool, and let the hops "steep" for 20 to 30 minutes.
I don't know how to do this in Beersmith, the whirlpool part that is. Do I modify the Sterling from zero minutes to 30 minutes even though it's not boiling? Is it the boil, at 212, that drives off flavor and aroma? In other words, will the steep at 30 minutes give me bittering as boil would but the flavor and aroma of not boiling?
Won't a steeping 30 minutes bring out bittering as well? Would you base the IBU solely on the 60 and anticpiate none on the steep? In BS 2, you can choose boil/steep ...
So what would you do to get to 60 IBU?
The batch size is 5.25 gallons, the starting gravity is 1.084, Perle is 7.5 AA, and Sterling 7.0 AA.
Can someone recommend the hops, in ounces, for both Perle and Sterling to get to 60 IBU.
As the Sterling is finishing, or whirlpool, I doubt it will contribute much bittering as the Perle at 60 minutes. However, I do kill the heat, whirlpool, and let the hops "steep" for 20 to 30 minutes.
I don't know how to do this in Beersmith, the whirlpool part that is. Do I modify the Sterling from zero minutes to 30 minutes even though it's not boiling? Is it the boil, at 212, that drives off flavor and aroma? In other words, will the steep at 30 minutes give me bittering as boil would but the flavor and aroma of not boiling?
Won't a steeping 30 minutes bring out bittering as well? Would you base the IBU solely on the 60 and anticpiate none on the steep? In BS 2, you can choose boil/steep ...
So what would you do to get to 60 IBU?