Whoops !

[razz]

Stuffed up my calc for bitterness, got 18 instead of 30 BU. Aimed for a ratio of .59 ended up with .30. Anyone done this before? :blink:

 

[JSB]

Razz,

No - but maybe isohop may help - G+G stock it I believe (no affiliation)
http://www.botanix.co.uk/isohop.html

Cheers
JSB

 

[razz]

Good work JSB. Going by the link I can add the isohop post-ferment. I guess that would be before carbonation ? Anyone used it ?

 

[Pumpy]

No I have not used but presume use before carbonation

Pumpy

 

[Voosher]

Stuffed up my calc for bitterness, got 18 instead of 30 BU. Aimed for a ratio of .59 ended up with .30. Anyone done this before? :blink:

I had a couple of brews recently where I was short of the intended bitterness.
I upped the IBU's when I primed by priming with DME and adding the appropriate amount of (low-alpha) hops and boiling for 30m.
Seems to have worked okay.
Boil them in a hop bag though. The first time I added them loose and tried to strain out the hop matter but a lot of the fine sediment still went through. Second time with the hop bag worked much better.

 

[AndrewQLD]

I have used Iso hop extracts a couple of times years ago. I have added prior to bottling and after gassing in the keg, both times worked well, be warned it is easy to over dose and end up with a pretty harsh beer.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Asher]

Ive used isohop to correct bitterness also.

It can be added at any stage. Including a drop into a glass of poured beer if you wanted to,,,,

It's bittering with absolutely nothing else BTW.. so use sparingly

Asher for now

 

[Voosher]

Ive used isohop to correct bitterness also.

It can be added at any stage. Including a drop into a glass of poured beer if you wanted to,,,,

I've considered brewing something similar. Brew up a couple of litres at 100+IBU. It could probably be concentrated by boiling it to reduce it post ferment.

Thoughts?

 

[bindi]

Stuffed up my calc for bitterness, got 18 instead of 30 BU. Aimed for a ratio of .59 ended up with .30. Anyone done this before?

Did this over a year ago and it was lower then that, bottled it anyway took some along to a party where all the beer drinking women loved it plus one Canadian male visitor <_< I still have a few bottles left.
I told them it was a beer made for white wine drinkers pure BS but came across as true

 

[razz]

Thanks one and all, I think I'll give it the taste test post-fermentation, before I try the isohop.