Aussiekraut Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 To what extent do hops affect the alcohol content of beer? I tweaked the lager recipe I made a while ago by adjusting the hop schedule. I removed the dry hops as they're a complete waste in a lager and dropped the hop stand addition, while slightly increasing a boil addition. The result is a slightly lower IBU of 27.4 vs 28.6 and an increased ABV of 4.9% vs 4.7%. The grain bill was untouched. How much do hops affect the alcohol content of the beer and why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: To what extent do hops affect the alcohol content of beer? I tweaked the lager recipe I made a while ago by adjusting the hop schedule. I removed the dry hops as they're a complete waste in a lager and dropped the hop stand addition, while slightly increasing a boil addition. The result is a slightly lower IBU of 27.4 vs 28.6 and an increased ABV of 4.9% vs 4.7%. The grain bill was untouched. How much do hops affect the alcohol content of the beer and why? Was mash temp and yeast strain identical? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: How much do hops affect the alcohol content of the beer They don't and can't 33 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: and why? Because they are hops, green leafy material, no sugar, not fermentable.. 33 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: increased ABV of 4.9% vs 4.7%. How do you know this? Did you have the alcohol content tested by a lab? (not the dog kind). Perhaps the specific gravity - if that is how you measured the alcohol - was affected but hop material/ oil/ sumting?? Edited January 20, 2022 by disgruntled spallingk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Ok, forget it. It wasn't the hops that did it. The original recipe used 1 pack S-189 and one pack dubbya but I changed it to 2 packs of dubbya and that is what changed the ABV content. Removing the S-189 increased ABV by 0.2%. However it didn't change the estimated FG. This is all estimates in Beersmith. Edited January 20, 2022 by Aussiekraut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: This is all estimates in Beersmith. FFS dude, why didn't you tell us you were using estimates from Beersmith? Think this can go in the fail thread... HAhahahahhahahaaaa 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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