Dry hopping high IBU beers and its effect on beer bitterness
High IBU beers (40 ppm of isoalpha acids or more) that are heavily dry hopped, with 1 lb of hops per barrel (0,381 kg/hl) or more, can experience significant changes in hop acid composition. When dry hopping high IBU beers, the leaf material of hops or hop pellets absorb and remove significant amounts of isoalpha acids and add significant amounts of low bitter humulinones and very low bitter alpha acids. ...
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