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Bitterness Ratio really high: should i add cornsugar to primary

SirBrualot

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hi guys, i need your help:

today was one of those days where i basically just chucked the hops into the kettle sort of randomly. well, turns out that the bitterness ratio is at 1.7. is this going to be a terrible beer? is there anything i can do about it in primary?

OG was 1060 probably going to end up a 6,2% ABV

12,00 kg Pale Ale Malt (5,9 EBC) Grain 1 89,0 % 7,82 L
0,68 kg Caramell Hell Birke (12,0 EBC) Grain 2 5,0 % 0,44 L
0,50 kg Oats, Flaked (2,0 EBC) Grain 3 3,7 % 0,33 L
0,30 kg Caramell Malt Dunkel Teak (150,0 EBC) Grain 4 2,2 % 0,20 L

60,00 g Centennial [9,50 %] - Boil 40,0 min Hop 5 28,2 IBUs -
60,00 g Centennial [9,50 %] - Boil 30,0 min Hop 6 25,2 IBUs -
20,00 g Amarillo [8,90 %] - Boil 20,0 min Hop 7 6,5 IBUs -
45,44 g Cascade [5,50 %] - Boil 10,0 min Hop 8 6,4 IBUs -
34,08 g Citra [13,20 %] - Boil 10,0 min Hop 9 11,5 IBUs -
50,00 g Galaxy [14,00 %] - Boil 5,0 min Hop 10 12,8 IBUs -

40,00 g Galaxy [14,00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15,0 min, 80,0 C Hop 11 3,5 IBUs -
34,08 g Cascade [5,50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15,0 min, 80,0 C Hop 12 1,2 IBUs -
30,00 g Amarillo [8,90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15,0 min, 80,0 C Hop 13 1,7 IBUs -
9,00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [12,40 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15,0 min, 80,0 C Hop 14 0,7 IBUs -

2,3 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50,28 ml] Yeast 15 - -

65,00 g Centennial [9,50 %] - 4,0 Days Into Primary for 5,0 Days Hop 16 0,0 IBUs -
50,00 g Amarillo [8,90 %] - 4,0 Days Into Primary for 5,0 Days Hop 17 0,0 IBUs -
50,00 g Galaxy [14,00 %] - 4,0 Days Into Primary for 5,0 Days Hop 18 0,0 IBUs -
32,72 g Citra [13,20 %] - 4,0 Days Into Primary for 5,0 Days


THX !!!

 
As long as your hops were reasonably fresh, you should be fine. The IBUs don't really matter, but pH can change the perception of harshness. If you make sure the beer is <4.4 pH down to 4.0 pH, it'll be smoother.
 
Was this a empty out the hop fridge brew?  ;)  Should be ok, but it's going to have massive hop burn.  If you keg, I recommend letting it sit for several weeks to help all the hop particles drop to the bottom of keg.  A Double IPA ratio is around 1.33, so while you are high, you are not that far out of range.
 
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