Favourite Kit And Extract Brew - Looking For Recommendations

[RobboMC]

You might want to try and spread the hop additions rather than just go for an IBU level with one addition.

Long boil times give more bitterness ( say 20-60 min ) and less flavour
Meduim boil time ( say 10-20 min ) give more flavour and less bitterness and some aroma
short boil time ( less than 10 min ) give less flavour and more aroma and negligible bitterness

Ideally you want a beer with bitterness, flavour and aroma ( depending on the style of course )

Good beers usually have at least 2 hop additions,
great beers can have 5 or more additions.

I've even thought about doing an experiment and adding one pellet each minute.

 

[wbosher]

So maybe something like this?

Cascade - 15g @ 60min
Cascade - 15g @ 40min
Cascade - 20g @ 20min
Cascade - 20g @ 10min
Cascade - 20g Dry hop



Would still provide the same IBU of around 40, but have a lot more flavour and aroma. Or would that be overdoing it a bit?

 

[bum]

Some of what Robbo says isn't wrong (although the stuff about number of additions is pretty much ********) but it is entirely possible to make a great APA with all late hop additions. Assuming you are using the spreadsheet correctly, the reported IBU will be correct (or close enough to it that you can't tell the difference).

Go with your gut if that's what you feel will work. You won't wreck it, it'll just be different.

 

[tricache]

Some of what Robbo says isn't wrong (although the stuff about number of additions is pretty much ********) but it is entirely possible to make a great APA with all late hop additions. Assuming you are using the spreadsheet correctly, the reported IBU will be correct (or close enough to it that you can't tell the difference).

Go with your gut if that's what you feel will work. You won't wreck it, it'll just be different.

That is pretty much my theory with any beers I make...you can never make a "bad" beer (within reason of course) it will just be different

 

[wbosher]

Thanks guys. I might go with my original plan:

Cascade - 30g @ 60min
Cascade - 30g @ 20min
Cascade - 20g Dry hop

That way if I do shorten the boil at a later stage, I've got something to compare it with.

 

[wbosher]

I do have one more question though, how does one adjust the amount of hops in a boil if the gravity reading is above 1.040?

The is a thread doing a BIAB where the gravity reading is 1.060, so more hops are added to account for this. The OP (Nick JD I think) said that he was adding 25% more hops due to this. I'm not sure how that figure was reached, any ideas?

EDIT: Here- http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&p=627428

 

[GuyQLD]

Don't know if you're looking for any future ideas but this has got to be the easiest extract recipe in existance.. And drunk fresh its a surprisingly good beer.

Made mine with a 1.5kg malt since I couldn't find a 1kg one at the time. Was fantastic for the amount of effort it required.

STEP 2: Ingredients
1.7kg Thomas Coopers Wheat Beer kit
1kg Thomas Coopers Wheat Malt
11.5g WB-06 or Munich yeast

Straight from the coopers website.