What happens when you over boil a pale ale?

[motman]

Hey all, I made my first all grain batch on the weekend (a double batch via brew in a bag). I was shooting for a Sierra Nevada pale ale clone with an OG of 1.056 but underestimated my burner. I boiled off 10lt and turned out with an OG of 1.066.

My question is will this result in a beer that is out of balance or do u think the hop bitterness will concentrate accordingly? Have I just made an IPA instead?

I suppose time will tell but interested in the theory of what will happen.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[Forever Wort]

Did you boil the hops the entire time, or did you remove the hops and continue to boil off ten litres? Also, how long was the total boil time?

 

[CrookedFingers]

I wouldn't worry dude.
Should just be a heavier beer.
The amount of hops and boil time in theory should yield the same ibu.
Possibly a tiny amount more bitter due to the reduced amount of wort.

Happy to be corrected.

Hope it ferments well, enjoy !


CF

 

[Flash_DG]

You can water it down to the SG you are after.

 

[Yob]

Run with it but add a heavier dry hop

 

[beercus]

I agree with Flash, dilute it back:

http://www.brewheads.com/newvolume.php

Beercus

 

[mofox1]

Run with it but add a heavier dry hop

But that's just because you would like everything to be an IPA... h34r:

 

[motman]

I used free floating pellet hops for a 60 minute boil, a 20 minute addition and flame out. I didn't boil any extra, just that the burner was more full on than I thought. I'm a couple of days of ferment in, so probably won't risk diluting at this stage. I will dry hop heavier though, good idea.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

It will change the IBU:SG ratio

You would need to add some extra bitterness to it to keep it the same

 

[danestead]

It will change the IBU:SG ratio

You would need to add some extra bitterness to it to keep it the same

Would it really?

I would agree that it will chqnge the ibu:sg ratio if the efficiency was different to that which was planned, however in this case, it seems that efficiency was correct, he just had a higher evaporation than expected.

Edit- Maybe change a little bit due to utilisation at the higher OG however in the big scheme of things I would have thought it to be very similar.

 

[motman]

I hope so - in that case I just made a bigger, more bitter beer - fine with me!