I'm having an issue getting the correct IBU calculation for an addition of Hopshots to my recipe. I need ~80 IBU's.
According to the Hopshot .pdf instructions, for 5 gallons of a 1.050 SG wort, 8ml is needed to hit 80 IBU's with a 60 minute boil. I'm building a Wort that should come in around ~1.080, so the pdf says to add 10%. That means I should add 8.8ml.
When I load Hopshot into my recipe, it originally wanted 23mL to get to 80 IBU's!! Then I realized for some reason the Hopshot was defaulting to an alpha level of 10%. According to Brad Smith's blog, is should probably be set to about 65%.
So, I've updated the alpha acids to 65% but it still wants me to add almost 16mL's.
So what am I missing??
I've uploaded my bsmx file (this recipe is in draft), if this helps.
Thanks,
Bob
According to the Hopshot .pdf instructions, for 5 gallons of a 1.050 SG wort, 8ml is needed to hit 80 IBU's with a 60 minute boil. I'm building a Wort that should come in around ~1.080, so the pdf says to add 10%. That means I should add 8.8ml.
When I load Hopshot into my recipe, it originally wanted 23mL to get to 80 IBU's!! Then I realized for some reason the Hopshot was defaulting to an alpha level of 10%. According to Brad Smith's blog, is should probably be set to about 65%.
So, I've updated the alpha acids to 65% but it still wants me to add almost 16mL's.
So what am I missing??
I've uploaded my bsmx file (this recipe is in draft), if this helps.
Thanks,
Bob