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I wonder if there is any research or formula taking alcohol content into account for calculating beer balance? There is BU:GU formula, there is an adaptation based on final gravity instead of OG, but I haven't found any based (or at least appreciating) ABV.
Why asking? Because my last barleywine landed at about 13-14 ABV and while IBU:OG and IBU:FG seem balanced, my taste says it's not – alcohol is to overwhelming. Which is natural, because such a high alcohol level also requires some residual sweetness to balance. Also, I tried Port wine recently of 19.5 ABV and it was perfectly balanced by pretty high sweetness.
So, is there a formula to calculate triangular balance ABV:IBU:FG?
Why asking? Because my last barleywine landed at about 13-14 ABV and while IBU:OG and IBU:FG seem balanced, my taste says it's not – alcohol is to overwhelming. Which is natural, because such a high alcohol level also requires some residual sweetness to balance. Also, I tried Port wine recently of 19.5 ABV and it was perfectly balanced by pretty high sweetness.
So, is there a formula to calculate triangular balance ABV:IBU:FG?