Beer Bitterness and IBUs with Glenn Tinseth – BSHB Podcast 9

Dr Glenn Tinseth, the author of the Tinseth equation for estimating bitterness is my guest this week.  The Tinseth equation is the most widely used equation for estimating bitterness by brewers from around the world.  Glenn talks about hops, bitterness, international bitterness units, hop utilization and much more.

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This week my guest is Dr Glenn Tinseth (realbeer.com/hops)- the author of the Tinseth equation for hop utilizationI mention I’ll be attending the National Homebrewers Conference in JuneWe talk about Glenn’s introduction to brewing, and his research into hopsInternational Bitterness Units (IBUs) and his research into hop utilizationHop flavor compoundsHis thoughts on recent research that utilization may be independent of wort gravityIBU measurement vs the perception of bitternessWhy brewers tend to be focused on numbersHow engineers shaped the early focus of brewers as the hobby evolved during the mid 1990'sAromatic hop compounds and what they do for beerGlenn’s summer job at Mad River Brewing

Thanks again to Glenn Tinseth for agreeing to do the interview!

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