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I’m kicking around the idea of brewing an IPA with just a touch of bittering hops(or none at all ). Sounds insane until I add that I plan to overload the flavor and aroma additions to hit the magic 1ibu/gravity point.

What are your thoughts on the total IBU’s in a beer in relation to various additions? I can’t remember seeing this discussed, yet it seems so important.

Here is an example IPA:

Anti-Bitter IPA

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 13.00
Anticipated OG: 1.067 Plato: 16.29
Anticipated SRM: 9.4
Anticipated IBU: 66.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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84.6 11.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 38.00 3
7.7 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 37.00 8
7.7 1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 34.00 40

Potential represented as Points per pound per gallon.

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 20.6 30 min.
1.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 16.2 20 min.
1.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 13.3 15 min.
1.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 9.7 10 min.
1.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 5.3 5 min.
1.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 1.2 1 min.

Yeast
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1056

Would this be a sweet beer??

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