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Blond Ale With Orange and Lemon

Blond Ale With Orange and Lemon

Specialty Beer • All Grain • 5 gal

DJ Donn

"... best beer you brewed so far." - Sad considering I screwed up with the mash efficiency and had to add table sugar.

December 22, 2010 pm 07:31pm

0.0/5.0 0 ratings

Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)

  • 10 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess

    2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess

    Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L

    Crystal Malt 10°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .5 lbs American Victory

    American Victory

    Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.

  • 1.75 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

  • 0.5 oz Perle - 8.2 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Perle

    Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

  • 0.5 oz Perle - 8.2 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Perle

    Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

  • 1 oz Willamette - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • .5 oz Lemon zest - Two Large Lemons Zested (omitted from calculations)

    Lemon zest

    Has a slight sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium lemon has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.

  • .5 oz Orange zest - Two Large Oranges Zested (omitted from calculations)

    Orange zest

    Has a fragrantt sweet odor and a subtle mild sweetness. One medium orange has about 3 tablespoons of grated peel.

  • Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™

    Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™

    Slight residual diacetyl and fruitiness; great for stouts. Clean, smooth, soft and full-bodied.

Notes

I also added the juice from the two oranges. I did not add the juice from the lemons to avoid the bitterness that it would add. I added the zest at the last 5 minutes of the boil to kill any bacteria on the surface of the fruit. I had very poor mash efficiency which is why I added the table sugar, otherwise I would not have used the sugar. I believe that the poor mash efficiency is due to a low mashing temperature and short mashing time (multi-tasking is not one of my strong points). When I do this again, I will mash at 153 degrees F. and mash for about 90 minutes.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 23 - Specialty Beer

Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.054 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 8.1 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 5.7% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 26.5 IBU 0 - 100

Discussion

Branie

lemon & bitterness?

2016-07-20 4:59am

How does lemon juice add bitterness? Do you mean acidity?

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