Upstate12866
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Hi,
I think I may have made my amber ale much more bitter than I intended. Can anyone shed light on what I am going to get?
My plan was to steep some grains and add LME to make a quick brew day instead of doing a mash. My steeping grains were a very small addition of pale malt and carapils, just 7 oz into a little over 1 gallon. After steeping and a mini sparge, I went straight to the partial boil, with the following schedule:
1 oz Perle 25 min
1 oz Cascade 25 min
0.5 oz Cascade 10 min
Trouble is, I forgot to add LME until near the end of the boil. So I did the boil mostly in very thin water--I estimated maybe 1.010 or 1.015.
After adding LME and topping with water, I had a finished 3 gallon batch of Amber Ale at 1.048.
When I tell the IBU calculator what I did, it shows IBU over the 80's. That doesn't sound good to me!
What do you all think? Does my IBU figure pass the smell test, according to your experience? And how bad will 80-90 IBU taste? I appreciate hearing what you think.
I think I may have made my amber ale much more bitter than I intended. Can anyone shed light on what I am going to get?
My plan was to steep some grains and add LME to make a quick brew day instead of doing a mash. My steeping grains were a very small addition of pale malt and carapils, just 7 oz into a little over 1 gallon. After steeping and a mini sparge, I went straight to the partial boil, with the following schedule:
1 oz Perle 25 min
1 oz Cascade 25 min
0.5 oz Cascade 10 min
Trouble is, I forgot to add LME until near the end of the boil. So I did the boil mostly in very thin water--I estimated maybe 1.010 or 1.015.
After adding LME and topping with water, I had a finished 3 gallon batch of Amber Ale at 1.048.
When I tell the IBU calculator what I did, it shows IBU over the 80's. That doesn't sound good to me!
What do you all think? Does my IBU figure pass the smell test, according to your experience? And how bad will 80-90 IBU taste? I appreciate hearing what you think.