fraser_john
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On a few recent comp entries I've had comments like "not to style" and "not bitter enough". Now according to all specs for the style in question, I've hit it bang on, OG, FG, color etc.
But after looking into the configuration, I've played with changing the formula used. By default, it appears to be set to Rager. After doing some research, Rager is not the best for full wort boils and that Tinseth is a better formula to use for full wort boils. So I changed it to use the Tinseth version as it appears to calculate a lower IBU, which then will need me to add more hops to get it in the range.
I'll be brewing an AIPA on Saturday, so am looking forward to the outcome in seeing what the change results in at the end of fermentation. The Rager calculation came out at 74 IBU and the Tinseth came out at 69 IBU, so I had to add an extra gram of hops in the boil, not a great difference but hopefully will be enough.
Has anyone else settled on Tinseth?
If so, what do the put in the little pop-up that appears?
Has it resulted in a better IBU outcome in your final product?
By default it is set to 1.30, I dropped mine down to 1.10 as I think my system just does not get the efficiency out of the boil for the hops.
But after looking into the configuration, I've played with changing the formula used. By default, it appears to be set to Rager. After doing some research, Rager is not the best for full wort boils and that Tinseth is a better formula to use for full wort boils. So I changed it to use the Tinseth version as it appears to calculate a lower IBU, which then will need me to add more hops to get it in the range.
I'll be brewing an AIPA on Saturday, so am looking forward to the outcome in seeing what the change results in at the end of fermentation. The Rager calculation came out at 74 IBU and the Tinseth came out at 69 IBU, so I had to add an extra gram of hops in the boil, not a great difference but hopefully will be enough.
Has anyone else settled on Tinseth?
If so, what do the put in the little pop-up that appears?
Has it resulted in a better IBU outcome in your final product?
By default it is set to 1.30, I dropped mine down to 1.10 as I think my system just does not get the efficiency out of the boil for the hops.