Deenis Extra Blonde Ale
Blonde Ale • Extract • 5 gal
This is my first Blonde Ale. It is extra light in color and considered excellent, even by non-beer drinkers. The color (SRM) will be lighter than is reflected on this report. Serve cold with plenty of carbonation.
April 13, 2008 am 09:41am
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 0.50 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
- 0.50 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 3.00 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 2.00 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.
- 1.25 oz
Hallertauer Mittelfrüher - 4.4 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Hallertauer Mittelfrüher
Fine, 'Noble'.
- 1.00 oz
Willamette - 4.6 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
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Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
A well-known, commercial English ale yeast, selected for its fast fermentation character and its ability to form a very compact sediment at the end of the fermentation, helping to improve beer clarity. This yeast is recommended for the production of a large range of ale beers and is specially well adapted to cask-conditioned ales and fermentation in cylindro-conical tanks. Sedimentation: high. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C ± 3C. Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Notes
First, add bittering hops, and steam your grains for 15 minutes (not above 170 degrees). Second, take out grains, leave hops. Boil for 45 minutes. Do a "late malt extract addition" by adding malt 15 minutes before the end of the boil. This makes a lighter colored beer and is not reflected in the "Style Comparison" report. Add aroma hops 1 minute before the end of the boil. Adding yeast nutrient is helpful.
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: | 4.5 SRM | 3 - 6 | |
| Alcohol: | 4.4% ABV | 3.8% - 5.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 25.2 IBU | 15 - 28 |
Discussion
Very good
2008-05-13 1:53pm
I have received alot of compliments from friends. I like it.
