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Blonde Engineer

Blonde Engineer

Blonde Ale • All Grain • 5.5 gal

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Great summer beer. It has a dry, crisp taste with a slightly high alcohol content for its style.

March 27, 2006 pm 05:56pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 6 lbs English 2-row Pale

    English 2-row Pale

    All English Ales. Workhorse of British Brewing. Infusion Mash.

  • 2.5 lbs American 6-row Pale

    American 6-row Pale

    Tends to increase lautering efficiency due to a stiffer husk. May be used as the base malt for any beer style. The enzymes in all varieties of the current crop are sufficient to support high percentages of specialty malts and adjuncts.

  • 0.25 lbs Rye Malt

    Rye Malt

    Often used in German Ales and specialty beers

  • .25 lbs Weyermann CaraHell®; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraHell®; Weyermann

    Hefe-Weizen, Pale Ale, Golden Ale, Oktoberfest Beer, Nourishing Beer, Maibock , Schankbier, Light Beer, alcohol-reduced Beer , non-alcoholic Beer

  • .25 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 1.0 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • .5 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 Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 0.6 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 0.60 oz Progress - 6.2 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Progress

    Simular to Fuggles but a little sweeter.

  • White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.

Notes

OG 1.058 TestG- 1.012 @ 7days FG- 1.011 @ 14 days Crisp dry taste. Will taste very good with 2 weeks of bottle conditioning. Next time I will use all Cascade hops

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: B - Blonde Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.052 1.038 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 4.6 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 3.8% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 22.0 IBU 15 - 28

Discussion

mattharms

hops question

2007-04-16 8:46pm

I am thinking of making this recipe. Which of the hops would you replace?

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