Your Highest Bu:gu?

[sah]

Back to brewing after a bit of a rest and my first batch back I dabbled in a "little" cube hopping but didn't calculate for the increased bitterness.

I ended up with the following OG 1.041, FG 1.005, 74 IBU, BU:GU 1.8.

Obviously I was shooting for bitter, but not this much. I thought this was a little harsh at first but LTS has taken over and the hop flavour from the cube hopping along with bitterness is immense.

I like it.

How far have you gone?

regards,
Scott

Ps. grain bill is 34% MO, 34% pils, 18% munich, 13% wheat.

 

[Sammus]

I haven't done it, but I have a IIPA coming up which should have quite a high ratio (well theoretical anyway)

The "hop hammer" from Brewing Classic Styles:

Recipe: Hop Hammer (BCS)
Brewer: Sam
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 25.00 L
Boil Size: 33.60 L
Estimated OG: 1.080 SG
Estimated Color: 14.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 241.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.91 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.Grain 85.8 %
0.23 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 2.9 %
0.23 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (3.5 EBGrain 2.9 %
55.00 gm Warrior [16.40%] (90 min) Hops 103.0 IBU
55.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (90 min) Hops 81.6 IBU
28.00 gm Simcoe [12.00%] (45 min) Hops 34.4 IBU
28.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00%] (30 min) Hops 22.8 IBU
28.00 gm Simcoe [12.00%] (0 min) Hops -
50.00 gm Centennial [9.70%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
50.00 gm Simcoe [12.00%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
64.00 gm Centennial [9.70%] (0 min) Hops -
92.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00%] (Dry Hop 3 dHops -
0.68 kg Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 EBC) Sugar 8.4 %


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 7.37 kg


I which has a BU:GU a hair over 3:1.

Should be fun - I think solubility of the bittering compounds tops out around 100IBU though, which means relistically it would be lot lower, like 1.25:1

 

[mje1980]

Back to brewing after a bit of a rest and my first batch back I dabbled in a "little" cube hopping but didn't calculate for the increased bitterness.

I ended up with the following OG 1.041, FG 1.005, 74 IBU, BU:GU 1.8.

Obviously I was shooting for bitter, but not this much. I thought this was a little harsh at first but LTS has taken over and the hop flavour from the cube hopping along with bitterness is immense.

I like it.

How far have you gone?

regards,
Scott

Ps. grain bill is 34% MO, 34% pils, 18% munich, 13% wheat.

Good to see you brewing again scott. I did an apa that was 1.050 or so, and 75 IBU. It was obviously bitter haha, but it smoothed out after a week or two. I think if i'd used something other than Simcoe for bittering, it would have been better. My experience with simcoe and 60 min bittering hasn't been great. Probably ( Ok highly likely! ) brewer error though haha


EDIT. A lot of people say that late hopping and no chill brewing gives them a higher finished bitterness. I have never noticed it, but then again i dont put huge amounts in late. And my beers are never usually high in bitterness, so i might not be noticing it.