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7-23-15

7-23-15

Belgian Blond Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

leobloom

ardennes

July 31, 2015  09:09pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • .25 lbs American Caramel 20°L

    American Caramel 20°L

    Provides color, body, and contributes to foam retention and beer stability.

  • .75 lbs Caramel Vienna Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    Caramel Vienna Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    This malt strengthens the color and increases the mellowness of all beer styles while also providing a fine aroma and taste.

  • 9 lbs Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Belgian beers

  • 1.25 lbs Corn Sugar

    Corn Sugar

    Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.

  • 1 oz Mt. Hood -6.8 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Mt. Hood

    Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.

  • 1 oz Czech Saaz -2.4 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • Wyeast3522Belgian Ardennes™

    Wyeast3522Belgian Ardennes™

    One of many great beer yeasts to produce classic Belgian ales. Phenolics develop with increased fermentation temperatures, mild fuitiness and complex spicy character.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: A -Belgian Blond Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.062 1.062 -1.075
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 -1.018
Color: 7.7 SRM 4 -7
Alcohol: 6.7% ABV 6% -7.5%
Bitterness: 35.0 IBU 15 -30

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