My hand slipped with the last 10min hops during the boil... should I continue boiling hard to remove some of the bitterness - or run off immediately please?
Help! my hand slipped with the last 10 mins hops - boil longer, or drain immediately?
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I would stop the boil and try and remove the hops if you think there will be too much bitterness
phettebs
Landlord.
It all depends on the beer. For an APA or AIPA, you probably won't even notice the difference in bitterness with that little time left. If it's a light lager it might make a small difference. I wouldn't worry personally. I'm sure it will still be a great beer.
Just realised that not only did I slip up with the last minute hops (because I mixed up the aroma and bittering - stupid boy, Pike) but when weighing out the hops I followed the recipe (30L) instead of my scaled brew sheet (23L).
What a total and complete muppet. I'm gutted - managed to do everything else right for a change, too...
What a total and complete muppet. I'm gutted - managed to do everything else right for a change, too...
Yeah... 9% Taihiki, unfortunately
An Ankoù
Landlord.
If you've overdone the flameout hops (last 1 minute) no problem at all. Chill the wort and run it off as normal.
Boiling hard, by the way, is the best way to extract the bitterness form the hops.
I think you've got very little to worry about. Continue as normal and all will be fine.
The recipe batch size was 26 litres, by the way, allowing 4 litres to boil off from an initial 30 litres. There's hardly anything in it, in fact.
Boiling hard, by the way, is the best way to extract the bitterness form the hops.
I think you've got very little to worry about. Continue as normal and all will be fine.
The recipe batch size was 26 litres, by the way, allowing 4 litres to boil off from an initial 30 litres. There's hardly anything in it, in fact.
Ohhh KAy....
I think I might have got away with it - there was meant to be a 1 min addition of Southern Cross which I've not now added; so BeerSmith reckons 17.5 IBUs
I reckon it's going to end up quite more than that because the pellet gunge has been sitting in there for about 20min while I've been draining the kettle off - but at least it shouldn't be off-the-scale bitter
I think I might have got away with it - there was meant to be a 1 min addition of Southern Cross which I've not now added; so BeerSmith reckons 17.5 IBUs
I reckon it's going to end up quite more than that because the pellet gunge has been sitting in there for about 20min while I've been draining the kettle off - but at least it shouldn't be off-the-scale bitter
Well at least I nailed the OG and the volume this time 
An Ankoù
Landlord.
That should have been an edit.
Trusting you scaled the malt bill from a 26 litre batch and not a 30 litre. If the latter, you'll end up with a slightly lower OG.
It won't be. Late additions count for very little. Unless, they're large and high alpha, I tend to ignore them.Ohhh KAy....
I think I might have got away with it - there was meant to be a 1 min addition of Southern Cross which I've not now added; so BeerSmith reckons 17.5 IBUs
I reckon it's going to end up quite more than that because the pellet gunge has been sitting in there for about 20min while I've been draining the kettle off - but at least it shouldn't be off-the-scale bitter
Thanks everyone - OK as usual the answer is: (1) take a deep breath; (2) have a glass of wine; (3) talk to your mates about it (that's YOU lot by the way); and then repeat steps (1) and (2) until you're just laughing about it
FWIW on the basis of what I actually used, BeerSmith reckons the results will be:
An Ankoù
Landlord.
Reach for your copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and meditate on the words reassuringly embossed in the front cover.Thanks everyone - OK as usual the answer is: (1) take a deep breath; (2) have a glass of wine; (3) talk to your mates about it (that's YOU lot by the way); and then repeat steps (1) and (2) until you're just laughing about it
Thank you sire, for being the first responder - I just wish they'd been leaf hops because I could have fished them out...
Now if only I knew where I'd put that towel....
I would say, prob turn out best ale you ever made, all my cock up's are 
Was going to say something similiar to rod, probably turn out lovely!
Do you always produce good ale with a cock up!!!I would say, prob turn out best ale you ever made, all my cock up's are
