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Offline TommyM

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The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
« on: April 28, 2020, 05:19:38 pm »
The recipe for this clone is available through Brew Your Own.

(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.054   FG = 1.013
IBU = 60   SRM = 5   ABV = 5.5%

Here is the ingredient list:

Ingredients
11 lbs. Thomas Fawcett Maris Otter malt
0.25 oz Warrior® hops (60 min.) (14% AA)
0.5 oz Centennial hops (5 min.) (9.5% AA)
0.5 oz Cascade hops (5 min.) (7% AA)
1 oz. Centennial hops (0 min.)
1 oz. Cascade hops (0 min.)
1.5 oz. Centennial hops (dry hop)
1.5 oz. Cascade hops (dry hop)

I plugged everything into BeerSmith and I'm getting only 43.8 IBUs for the bitterness calculation.  Far less than the stated 60.  Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Tommy

Offline Megary

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Re: The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2020, 05:41:09 pm »
The 0 minute additions are a 30 minute hop stand/whirlpool.  Did you figure any IBU contributions from those?

Offline TommyM

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Re: The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2020, 06:25:26 pm »
This is what I get from BeerSmith:

13.4IBU - 0.25 oz Warrior® hops (60 min.) (14% AA)
  3.6IBU - 0.5 oz Centennial hops (5 min.) (9.5% AA)
  2.7IBU - 0.5 oz Cascade hops (5 min.) (7% AA)
13.9IBU - 1 oz. Centennial hops (0 min.)
10.3IBU - 1 oz. Cascade hops (0 min.)


hmmm - seems like the 5 min additions should contribute more w/ the whirlpool

Offline Todd H.

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Re: The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2020, 11:17:40 am »
I don't use Beersmith... does it continue to add calculated IBUs to all of your other additions when you say you're going to whirlpool?  Your five minute addition is likely calculated assuming it's five minutes and then chilled, when in reality it's five minutes, then a thirty minute hopstand.  You'll continue to extract bitterness from your five minute additions during that time.

Offline TommyM

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Re: The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2020, 10:44:26 am »
So there is a setting in the equipment profile:

"Estimate Boil Hop Util in Whirlpool"

Once I enabled that the estimated IBUs are now: 61.3  :)

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Re: The Alchemist: Moose Knuckle clone
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2020, 11:22:20 am »
So there is a setting in the equipment profile:

"Estimate Boil Hop Util in Whirlpool"

Once I enabled that the estimated IBUs are now: 61.3  :)



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