Just flicking back through the GW book - with all the brews having at least a 90min, some a 120min boil - have others had success with just amending the recipes using Beer Smith or some such to achieve the same IBUs?
I never boil for more than 60mins and still achieve good hot break - and don't have problems with the brew clearing. And seeing as time is always tight on brewday, i don't want to extend it.
Is the best plan to simply use GW's recipes and up the hop quantities in equal ratios, while lowering the boil time, to achieve a comparable outcome?
I was just going to stick the recipes into BeerSmith as described in the book, get the IBU levels and then recalibrate the quantities so they're identical
That work for others?
I never boil for more than 60mins and still achieve good hot break - and don't have problems with the brew clearing. And seeing as time is always tight on brewday, i don't want to extend it.
Is the best plan to simply use GW's recipes and up the hop quantities in equal ratios, while lowering the boil time, to achieve a comparable outcome?
I was just going to stick the recipes into BeerSmith as described in the book, get the IBU levels and then recalibrate the quantities so they're identical
That work for others?