Too much bitterness! Brewtarget error

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AdrianTrace

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Although it's probably user error :doh:

My first few extract brews have come out spot on for OG per Brewtarget, but the final beers have been waaaaay more bitter than expected. I've found the culprit: the boil SG figure shows as 1.000 (which is close, as I only have the steeped grains adding gravity to the boil ~1.005-10). For example, the recipe for Herk SMaSH!
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Nicely balanced with 49.5 IBU... or so I thought.

Reduce the LME figure to about what went in the boil (0.5kg max) and the IBUs jump almost 50% to 73.6!
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That would explain the bitterness. I don't know how to fix it, other than to remember to remove the direct-to-fermenter malt extract before setting the hop bill (which I have now done with all my other recipes).

My bittering hops may go a bit further now, though :thumb:
 

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