On Friday I made a double batch of Kolsch and I prepared for brewing just like I have dozens of times before. The hops are pretty straight forward with Tradition for 60 minutes and Hallertauer Hersbrucker for 30 minutes. As I finished weighing out the hops for each, I turned my back to check my strike water for maybe a minute. When I turned back I realized that I had forgotten which container of hops was which. I thought I would solve it by smelling the hops to identify. I just couldn’t tell the difference so what I did was to combine and mix the hops thoroughly then drop half in at the start of the boil and the other half at 30 minutes. I found that this snafu only made a difference of .8 IBU less. I will have to wait a while on the taste test.
Does anybody know if the taste would be that different?
Brent
