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3rd St Blonde

3rd St Blonde

Blonde Ale • Extract • 5 gal

Redweasel

Great summer beer! Using late addition DME method so color should be nice and light and IBUs a bit higher.

February 17, 2008 pm 08:46pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 6 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.

  • .5 oz Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

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

  • .5 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale

    White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale

    Clean, highly flocculant, and highly attenuative yeast. This yeast is similar to WLP002 in flavor profile, but is 10% more attenuative. This eliminates the residual sweetness, and makes the yeast well suited for high gravity ales. It is also reaches termi

Notes

Using late DME method. Add 3lbs DME at start of boil. Add remaining 3lb in last 20 min. Keeps color nice and light. Add zest from 1 lemon in last 15 min of boil. Add 1/2 tsp irish moss in last 15 min. Great summer beer!

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: B - Blonde Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.053 1.038 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 4.2 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 3.8% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 20.5 IBU 15 - 28

Discussion

Redweasel

Brewed again 2-20-08

2008-02-22 5:29pm

Smells wonderfull! This time added 1 tsp coriander in last 15 min. Fermentation took off like crazy within 8 hrs! Will update in a week or so. This is a rager! Recomend blow off tube if using glass carboy. Blew the top right off my plastic primary!

Redweasel

Transfer

2008-02-29 3:25pm

Transfered to secondary on 2-27-08. Color a little darker than last time but sample tasted absolutely wonderfull! This is definately going to be a keeper! May up the coriander next time though. I'll keep you posted.

Redweasel

Bottled 3-19-08

2008-03-24 1:51pm

Bottled on Wednesday. Aroma was nice with just a hint of the lemon. Sampled and tasted very good once again with a nice hint of lemon. Balanced nicely as the lemon added a nice bitterness but not too much. Will let you know about the final product in three weeks or so but so far for such a simple brew it seems to be coming along nicely. Oh by the way added kcsuperkleer in secondary two days before bottling for clarity.

Redweasel

Cracked the first one.

2008-04-13 7:12pm

Very good for such a simple recipe. Light and crisp with just the right touch of hops. The lemon and corriander do not come through as much as hoped, but still a nice drinkable summer beer. Probably the last all exctract I will ever do. Overall impression, Very Pleased!

yardbird

Coriander question

2008-07-16 9:13pm

In what form is the coriander that you used? Whole seed? Ground coriander powder? Thank you, Brian

Redweasel

RE: Coriander Question.

2008-07-20 3:28pm

I used whole seeds crushed in a coffe grinder. If I were to brew this again I would use .75oz of both the peel and spice.

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