On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 06:08:58PM +0200, K?le Kristian Olsvig wrote: > > Husk at når der spædes op med vand ryger noget af bitterheden. Så > hvad vil du helst have... 24 liter urt med "korrekt OG" eller 22 liter > urt med "korrekt IBU"
Yes and no! The bitterness goes down, yes, but so does the OG. Some brewers believe that their ratio is more telling about the perceived bitterness of a beer, and BU/GU does not go down when adding water. Besides, this was a dubble, where exact bitterness is perhaps a bit less important than in so many other styles. Remember, it will be beer anyway! -H -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk
