LovesIPA
Well-Known Member
Let's say I have a recipe that calls for:
A bittering charge of Columbus
1 oz of Cascade at 15 mins
1 oz of Cascade at 5 mins
2 oz of Cascade at 1 min
I brewed this beer about 6 months ago with Cascade that was 5.5% AA. Since then I went through a pound of Cascade and bought another pound but this one is 7.1% AA.
So the question is, what is the proper way to account for the difference in alpha acids when adding flavor/aroma additions? Do you scale the late additions up or down to match the IBU contributions? Or do you stick with the dry weight of the hops?
A bittering charge of Columbus
1 oz of Cascade at 15 mins
1 oz of Cascade at 5 mins
2 oz of Cascade at 1 min
I brewed this beer about 6 months ago with Cascade that was 5.5% AA. Since then I went through a pound of Cascade and bought another pound but this one is 7.1% AA.
So the question is, what is the proper way to account for the difference in alpha acids when adding flavor/aroma additions? Do you scale the late additions up or down to match the IBU contributions? Or do you stick with the dry weight of the hops?