EBU vs IBU

[Rick Pincus]

Is there a difference between European Bittering Units and
International Bittering Units? If so, what is the conversion?

Thanks In advance

[Brian Dixon]

Rick Pincus wrote in message <36017e6c...@news.mindspring.com>...

>Is there a difference between European Bittering Units and
>International Bittering Units? If so, what is the conversion?
>
>Thanks In advance

From the data dictionary included with my brewer's unit converter software:

"EBU, European Bittering Unit
A measure of hop bitterness. A European Bittering Unit is equal to 1
milligram per liter of hop iso-alpha acid dissolved in wort or beer. This
is identical to the International Bittering Unit (see IBU), and is actually
an earlier term the was used prior to world-wide acceptance of the measure.
In some areas, most notably Great Britain, the term EBU is still used.

IBU, International Bittering Unit
A measure of hop bitterness. An International Bittering Unit is equal to 1
milligram per liter of hop iso-alpha acid dissolved in wort or beer. This
is identical to the European Bittering Unit (see EBU), and is actually a
later term the used once world-wide acceptance of the measure took place.
In some areas, most notably Great Britain, the term EBU is still used"

BTW, if you'd like a copy of the unit converter, go to
http://www.proaxis.com/~mutex. It's free. Installs with InstallShield.
Needs Windows 95/NT 4.x or later. Includes very extensive data dictionary
and info on unit systems of the world.

Brian