Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Homebrew Digest #5700 (June 22, 2010)

HOMEBREW Digest #5700 Tue 22 June 2010


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Contents:
re: HBD, Inc. News... (John Vaughn)
Measuring IBUs in wort (Fred L Johnson)


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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:47:32 -0800
From: John Vaughn <hogbrew at mtaonline.net>
Subject: re: HBD, Inc. News...

It is great to see the HBD's financial position is looking better. I
sent my $25. Thanks to all who have ponied up. Now it's time for the
rest of you to do the same.

Pat, thanks for all of your hard work.

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:31:17 -0400
From: Fred L Johnson <FLJohnson52 at nc.rr.com>
Subject: Measuring IBUs in wort

Can anyone tell me if the ASBC spectrophotometric method for measuring IBUs
in wort includes a filtration or centrifugation step to remove trub? If the
method does not include trub separation, does anyone know to what degree the
presence of trub in the extraction affects the results? I can imagine that
some of the material measurable in the ASBC spectrophotometric method as an
IBU might be bound to trub proteins such that the value obtained after trub
filtration could be lower than that obtained without filtration. Anyone have
any knowledge on this?

On a related topic, what materials besides isomerized alpha acids contribute
to the IBU value in the ASBC spectrophotometric method?

Fred L Johnson
Apex, North Carolina, USA


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End of HOMEBREW Digest #5700, 06/22/10
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