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spring blonde

spring blonde

Blonde Ale • Partial Mash • 5 gal

bigkris

I brewed this in Jan. to be ready for spring but I do not think the first batch is going to make it out of March. Low hop aroma, But big hop taste up front with citrus undertones, with a real nice sweetness on the backside.

March 19, 2008 pm 06:15pm

4.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Partial Mash5 gal)

  • 5.00 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 1.00 lbs Belgian Biscuit

    Belgian Biscuit

    Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.

  • 0.75 lbs Dry Extra Light Extract

    Dry Extra Light Extract

    For making very pale ales and lagers.

  • 1.75 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.

  • 1.00 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 0.3 oz Nugget - 13.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Nugget

    This is very bitter and often used in medium to dark ales and lagers. Aroma is quite heavy and herbal.

  • 0.50 oz Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 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.

  • 0.50 oz Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Mt. Hood

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

  • White Labs WLP008 East Coast Ale

    White Labs WLP008 East Coast Ale

    Our "Brewer Patriot" strain can be used to reproduce many of the American versions of classic beer styles. Similar neutral character of WLP001, but less attenuation, less accentuation of hop bitterness, increased flocculation, and a little tartness. Very

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: B - Blonde Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.056 1.038 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.008 - 1.013
Color: 8.4 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 5.7% ABV 3.8% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 24.8 IBU 15 - 28

Discussion

bigkris

second batch

2008-05-06 7:39am

The second batch of this is in the bottle's. The first batch got way better after 2 months wish it would have lasted

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