Northern Brewer Chinook IPA - Noob Screw Up

[Mugs O'Beer]

Hi all,

I am new to the forum and to brewing (very, very new) , but so far I am really enjoying it and I discovered this site a few days ago. I've been reading through various threads and have been learning a lot looking at the posts on here. However yesterday I realised that I made a mistake on my first brew regarding hops additions. So I decided that since I don't know anyone that does this sort of thing, maybe I could get some advice from the good people in this forum?

The hops additions for the NB Chinook IPA recipe are:
1oz @ 60mins
0.5 oz @ 10 mins
0.5 oz @ 1 min
1 oz dry hop

The mistake I made was to add 1 oz at the times I should have used 0.5 oz. I realised my mistake when I went to do the dry hopping yesterday and had no hops! After some frantic googling I decided to buy more hops and go ahead with the dry hopping anyway. However I couldn't get Chinook pellets at my local shop so I bought Columbus instead.

So Im wondering if I have ruined the beer? Have I used to much hops? Will the two different types of hops be an issue?

I was determined not to make exactly this kind of mistake! Anyway, thanks in advance and please excuse my ridiculous lack of knowledge on this subject!

 

[GerritT]

Good evening, and welcome! Having said that: Chinook has astounding bittering capabilities, so the 10 mins addition would contribute in IBU. The 1 minute not so much.
Columbus would be an interesting aroma addition, it's a nice and pleasant hop, also a bittering molog. You might want to compensate for the higher IBU's, but not too much.

What I would do: just add 1 oz of Columbus instead of Chinook. It will turn out more bitter because of the earlier additions, but I doubt it would be ruined. In the end it will be beer.

 

[ACBEV]

I'd say leave it as is and not add any more hops, you've put plenty in. Also the beer hasn't been ruined!

 

[Mugs O'Beer]

Great! I'll hope for the best I guess. Thanks for the advice

 

[Mugs O'Beer]

I thought I should post an update on this in case anyone finds themselves in a similar situation in the future. The beer came out really good! I don't know what this kit is supposed to taste like if you follow the instructions correctly, but if it tasted like the batch I made then I would definitely buy again. It was a big hit with everyone who tried it. Even my missus who isn't really a big ale drinker.