Question for hop growers

[RichC]

How do you guys estimate IBUs for homegrown hops or are they used less for bittering?

[Will_D]

How do you guys estimate IBUs for homegrown hops or are they used less for bittering?

Dempsey was talking of a group savings scheme to buy shares in a Spectrophotometer 

[RichC]

How do you guys estimate IBUs for homegrown hops or are they used less for bittering?

Dempsey was talking of a group savings scheme to buy shares in a Spectrophotometer 

Just been checking prices online:) think I prefer Shanes system and to spend my cash on grain and yeast

[Will_D]

How do you guys estimate IBUs for homegrown hops or are they used less for bittering?

Dempsey was talking of a group savings scheme to buy shares in a Spectrophotometer 

Just been checking prices online:) think I prefer Shanes system and to spend my cash on grain and yeast

Ah but you may have noticed that some of us like shinny toys to play with.

[Tom]

I'm getting a refractometer for that very shiny purpose. Used on in Brewlab, and they're amaze-balls.

[Will_D]

I'm getting a refractometer for that very shiny purpose. Used on in Brewlab, and they're amaze-balls.

Sure are.

The are absolutely the best when mashing, sparging and boiling.

Once the alcohol starts to be produced they need a bit more care and a tool such as in beer smith.

When cool you take the starting gravity of your wort with both the refractometer and the hydrometer.

These should be the same! ( a useful cross check of both instruments.

As fermentation continues if you don't want to use the hydrometer, just use the refract. and plug in the 3 numbers: Your initial 2 for the SG and the current reading and the tool takes into account the needed.