Nubiwan
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Well, I am all about time efficiency when brewing, and looking to reduce the time it takes from A to Z on brew day. So today I tried something new (for me at least) and was curious to get opinions on the process.
I generally add my bittering hop addition at Boil. Today, as soon as I pulled my bag, I stuck in my bittering hops and lit the flame. So first wort hopping(FWH). Was an ounce of Cascade (2 x 15 gram packs here). It took about 15 minutes to reach boil, at which time I added another 15g of Cascade.
I then boiled for a further 45 minutes.
Now I use Brewersfriend to estimate IBU's. Its a bit of a crap shoot with my Cascade as the AA content is provided as a range 4-7%. So what number do I use to get my IBU's? Low or high end, middle? Also, have I boiled my FWH for 45 or 60 minutes? I could be as low as 25 IBU, and up close to 40 depending on how you interpret the numbers.
Regardless, I reduced my boil time to 45 minutes, and transferred to fermenter. The wort was a delicious bitter sweet. Dare I say smooth. I was very happy with the preliminary result, put it that way. I was planning to add some dry hop, but really wondering if I should just let it see how it stands on its own.
As an aside, I was planning to just add some Cascade dry hop (single hop job), but have an ounce of SAAZ kicking around. Anyone ever mixed the two hops? Must search that. Its an Amber lager I am making.
Cheers All
I generally add my bittering hop addition at Boil. Today, as soon as I pulled my bag, I stuck in my bittering hops and lit the flame. So first wort hopping(FWH). Was an ounce of Cascade (2 x 15 gram packs here). It took about 15 minutes to reach boil, at which time I added another 15g of Cascade.
I then boiled for a further 45 minutes.
Now I use Brewersfriend to estimate IBU's. Its a bit of a crap shoot with my Cascade as the AA content is provided as a range 4-7%. So what number do I use to get my IBU's? Low or high end, middle? Also, have I boiled my FWH for 45 or 60 minutes? I could be as low as 25 IBU, and up close to 40 depending on how you interpret the numbers.
Regardless, I reduced my boil time to 45 minutes, and transferred to fermenter. The wort was a delicious bitter sweet. Dare I say smooth. I was very happy with the preliminary result, put it that way. I was planning to add some dry hop, but really wondering if I should just let it see how it stands on its own.
As an aside, I was planning to just add some Cascade dry hop (single hop job), but have an ounce of SAAZ kicking around. Anyone ever mixed the two hops? Must search that. Its an Amber lager I am making.
Cheers All