UPDATE: Once I corrected the water, which BF used to do automatically, the IBU's corrected... strange as all get out.

Lately the IBU calculator has been way off IMO. I was working on a couple new recipes. I added 16oz of 13AA chinook to a 40gal batch @ 60min, 8oz @ 30 and 8oz @10 Calculator came back at 26? WTF? Using Hopsteiner's IBU calc it came back at 120! Adjusted my hops using the hopsteiner calcs to...

Southern tier makes a Creme brulee that is like this. Not salty though... and packs a punch at 11% or so. I have attempted a lower gravity clone a few times. Best results were with marris otter, fuggles, and some caramel extract. Added the extract after fermentation, prior to bottling...