I just brewed a batch of Kolsch all grain and forgot to half the hops. The IBU should be around 27 and I measured it at 80. Is there anything I can do to save the brew. The problem was, the receipe was for 5 gal and I make a 2.5 gal. batch. I used the full hop amount instead of halfing it. Any help would be appreciated as I hate to throw it away. Thanks

Fred

Did you use the same amount of grain as the five gallon batch called for?

If so, when you are ready to transfer into the secondary you could add another 2.5 gallons of water to bring your volume up to the correct amount.

Keep in mind you would need to boil and cool the additional water to sanitize and remove unwanted oxygen first.

Alternatively you could brewing another batch of beer with little or no hops and blend the two batches. This would be the option to take if amount of grain was reduced but not the hops in the batch you just made.

This is a bit of the pain but there are not many options for reducing the amount of IBUs after the fact.

- Scott

If I were you, I would drink it as is. I'm a hophead though. The beer may not be to style but I bet it will taste good.

Thanks for the speedy replies. Not sure if I can make another batch quick enough. Maybe I'll just drink the hoppy beer. Thanks again