Late Extract Additions

[TimmyR]

...but I've read that hop utilization is reduced in a low gravity wort (like hot water) so I always add some of my extract at 60 minutes to increase the gravity of what would otherwise be "hop tea,"...

I thought hop utilization was decreased in high gravity beers...I could certainly be wrong. Thought I read a correction factor in Ray Daniel's book.

Anyway, cheers all and glad I found TBN....truly a gift to the homebrewer with no homebrew companions in the area.

Cheers!

Timmy

[bub]

it's kinda both...
you need SOME stuff in your water for the hop goodies to grab onto, however at HIGH concentrations utilization is diminished.
I think a good number to shoot for is 1/2 final concentration....
EXAMPLE... you are making a 5 gal batch, boiling 2.5gal h2o, add 1/4 of your extract at the beginning then late add the rest.
BUB

[TimmyR]

Great info and discussion as well as relavent since it was just discussed on the archive I finished yesterday. I'll be interested to see how my Scotch Ale (OG: 1.11) comes out after a 120 min boil (full-wort) with all ingredients.

Thanks BUB. That will come in handy for the Tripel I am brewing tomorrow and for my next quest to build a great base Pale Ale recipe and experiment with hops.

[BrewNoob]

Love the poem dude...life is about quality not quantity

Gerard

[TimmyR]

Thanks - Give the credit to my favorite lyricist and musician, Jimmy Buffett.