Blue Blondie
Fruit Beer • All Grain • 12 gal
Very easy drinking blueberry blonde. Cool purplish hue to the head. Everyone digs the color and drinkablility (not to steal the word - lol)
October 14, 2009 am 10:53am
Ingredients (All Grain, 12 gal)
- 16 lbs
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 3 lbs
Munich 20L Malt; Briess
Munich 20L Malt; Briess
Golden orange hue with an intensly malty flavor.
- 3 lbs
Pale Wheat Malt; Weyermann®
Pale Wheat Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown top-quality wheat (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Ideal foundation grain for pale Weizenbiers, such as Hefeweizen and Kristallweizen. Essential ingredient in North American pub wheat ales. Adds creaminess, body, and complex wheat flavors to top-fermented beers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 80% in Bavarian-style Weizenbiers, up to 50% in North American pub wheat ales, up to 7% in Altbier and Kölsch. Suitability (beer styles): Ales: Hefeweizen, Kristallweizen, Weizenbock, Dunkelweizen, pub wheat ales, Altbier, Kölsch, light or low-alcohol beers
- 1 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- 1 lbs
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 1.5 oz
Amarillo® - 7.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Amarillo®
Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.
- 1 oz
Amarillo® - 7.0 AA% whole; boiled 2 min
Amarillo®
Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.
- 12 lb
Fresh Blueberries - (omitted from calculations)
Fresh Blueberries
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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
Blueberries added to secondary for 10 days.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 20 - Fruit Beer
Subcategory: A - Fruit Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.050 | 1.026 - 1.120 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 11.8 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 19.7 IBU | 0 - 100 |
