brew703
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Maybe this topic has been discussed and if so I apologize as I didn't find any posts.
I'll be brewing a NEIPA next weekend. First attempt at this style in over a year.
I will follow Braufessor's recipe but curious about the hop additions.
Read many articles on the style but trying to figure out why FO hops reflect no IBU contribution vs some contribution for WP hops. Brewers Friend has 10% utilization as default and the IBU contribution can be 10+ depending on amount and style.
If FO hops go in right after the heat is killed, then the wort temp is still at boiling or a little below. When WP hops are added, those hops go in at 180 and below. With that said, why does WP hops contribute to IBU's and FO hops do not?
From my experience, I haven't found that WP hops add anywhere near what the calculators show so normally I just ignore that part of the contribution and set the utilization to zero.
But for this style, when I add in the WP hops @ 10% utilization it increases the IBU's from 35 to almost 80. I just don't want to create a hop bomb that I cant drink.
I'll be brewing a NEIPA next weekend. First attempt at this style in over a year.
I will follow Braufessor's recipe but curious about the hop additions.
Read many articles on the style but trying to figure out why FO hops reflect no IBU contribution vs some contribution for WP hops. Brewers Friend has 10% utilization as default and the IBU contribution can be 10+ depending on amount and style.
If FO hops go in right after the heat is killed, then the wort temp is still at boiling or a little below. When WP hops are added, those hops go in at 180 and below. With that said, why does WP hops contribute to IBU's and FO hops do not?
From my experience, I haven't found that WP hops add anywhere near what the calculators show so normally I just ignore that part of the contribution and set the utilization to zero.
But for this style, when I add in the WP hops @ 10% utilization it increases the IBU's from 35 to almost 80. I just don't want to create a hop bomb that I cant drink.