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Blonde Straw Brew

Blonde Straw Brew

Blonde Ale • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal

gnarl

Blonde Ale with a ton of strawberries.

April 12, 2006 pm 02:46pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.5 gal)

  • 3.25 lbs English 2-row Pils

    English 2-row Pils

    Pilsner base malt.

  • 0.25 lbs Crystal Malt 20°L

    Crystal Malt 20°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • 3.5 lbs Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Contains no colored malts or unmalted products; the light color of this product is achieved by using low processing temperatures and low-colored raw materials.

  • 0.1 lbs Candi Sugar Clear

    Candi Sugar Clear

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 0.6 oz Challenger - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Challenger

    Popular bittering hop used primarily in British ales and lagers. Mild to moderate aroma, but quite spicy.

  • 0.5 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 0.5 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 2 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1.25 gal Strawberries - blended - (omitted from calculations)

    Strawberries - blended

  • Wyeast 1028 London Ale™

    Wyeast 1028 London Ale™

    Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.

Notes

The strawberries are washed, cored, and then blended. 4.5 quarts blended into 5 quarts. Candi Sugar was used to offset the strawberry tartness.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: B - Blonde Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.044 1.038 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 4.2 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 4.5% ABV 3.8% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 21.7 IBU 15 - 28

Discussion

labazel

how did it turn out?

2007-06-04 10:17pm

i am interested in this recipe, how did it turn out, and how much strawberry flavor is there?

reley

Great Beer

2008-04-22 4:03pm

I have done a very similar recipe and I would recommend to cut your strawberries into quarters to keep the beer clearer. Plus, when the strawberries are pail, you can use that to measure when they have given all they had to offer. I used 1 pound of strawberries per gallon of beer (5 gallon batch). It was amazing

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