Thanks everyone for your replies! OK, I actually didn't mean to say, that I wanted exact IBU, I'm not nearly that idealistic :). What I was concerned about was, that when I was playing with the no-chill function of the brewersfriend recipe maker, 20 minutes made quite an impact on the IBU. My...

The reason is, that I initially wanted to make a Belgian pale ale, but then changed to American pale ale, to beter suit the IBU. I would put Slovenian pale ale, but there is no such thing :)

It is also called Super Styrian. http://www.hmezad.si/aurora-super-styrian%C2%AE It is grown in Slovenia (and so is the other hop, Styrian golding). I have picked this two hops, because I am from Slovenia and I want to see, how our hops perform :) I have not used it before, because this is only...

Hello everybody, I have a question regarding controlling of bitterness. From what I found on forums, bitterness is being extracted from hops, as long as the wort temperature is over 140F (60°C). So bitterness rises even after flame out. That makes 60 min hops actually 60min + time to cool to...

Hello, I put together this recipe for a pale ale, and would like some feedback :D http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/374639/en-pale-ale I'm brewing on friday.

It went well. I used half of originally planned special B and beer still got darker than I wanted, so thank you for the warning :). Now it's been bubbling in a carboy for a week and everything looks fine. Tommorow I'm adding dry hops.

Okay, I will lower special B quantity. I'm brewing this weekend. I'll report how it goes.

Hello! This will be my first attempt at BIAB brewing. I want it to be a bit on a sweet side. Does it look OK? http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... 04/ena-ipa Thanks for any feedback in advance.