Albionwood
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Brewed a hybrid California Pilsener yesterday, and am worried about the bittering. I formulated the recipe using BrewPal [Long tedious story about brewing apps deleted] and it calculated 37 IBU, right where I wanted the beer. Then I input the recipe to BeerSmith and Brewer's Friend, and got wildly different numbers: 62 and 60, respectively!
I input the recipe with the actual %AA from the packaging, and checked the boil volumes and gravities. I could have missed something in BeerSmith since I just got it and it's kinda confusing to learn, but Brewer's Friend is a lot easier and it gave essentially the same number.
Specs:
41 liter batch (into fermenter)
OG 1054
56 g Northern Brewer (8.9%) FWH (45-minute boil)
28 g NB 30'
28 g NB 10'
28 g Saaz (3.2%) 10'
56 g Saaz 5'
88 g Saaz whirlpool (added at 80 C, chilled to 65C and held for 15 min)
So which is it? If the bitterness is really that high, I have to brew another batch really quickly.
I input the recipe with the actual %AA from the packaging, and checked the boil volumes and gravities. I could have missed something in BeerSmith since I just got it and it's kinda confusing to learn, but Brewer's Friend is a lot easier and it gave essentially the same number.
Specs:
41 liter batch (into fermenter)
OG 1054
56 g Northern Brewer (8.9%) FWH (45-minute boil)
28 g NB 30'
28 g NB 10'
28 g Saaz (3.2%) 10'
56 g Saaz 5'
88 g Saaz whirlpool (added at 80 C, chilled to 65C and held for 15 min)
So which is it? If the bitterness is really that high, I have to brew another batch really quickly.