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Brewing with my dad
ccfoo242:
--- Quote from: stastny.chris on May 05, 2012, 07:35:09 pm ---So I am doing either a Blonde or a Saison. I had a blonde today that was so good. I'll ask him what he wants to brew and will make it. Will come back after brewing with the recipe we used and how it went.
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Leffe Blonde is my favorite. I just bottled my first Belgian blonde yesterday, I wish mine could be as good as Leffe.
GolfBum:
--- Quote from: ccfoo242 on May 05, 2012, 10:33:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: stastny.chris on May 05, 2012, 07:35:09 pm ---So I am doing either a Blonde or a Saison. I had a blonde today that was so good. I'll ask him what he wants to brew and will make it. Will come back after brewing with the recipe we used and how it went.
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Leffe Blonde is my favorite. I just bottled my first Belgian blonde yesterday, I wish mine could be as good as Leffe.
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I saw your thread about it. Looked good. Extract or all grain? Care to share your recipe or tips on brewing a blonde? Really any help would be great!
ccfoo242:
All grain. I can post when I get home. It was my first crack at a belgian so I'm not sure about the recipe.
-Sent from the future.
ccfoo242:
OK, here's my belgian blonde recipe. I'll preface this by saying I'm sure there are better recipes out there, but I wanted to enter a competition that required a (more or less) original recipe.
Also, the 1lb 4oz pale 2-row wasn't part of my recipe, but there was a goof-up when I was buying my grain. If I don't win then that will be my excuse! :P
Finally, I don't think the hops needed to be added the way I did. There is no detectable (to me) hop flavor/aroma so you could probably just do a single addition at 60 minutes adjusted to get the same matching IBU estimate. And the sugar was added pre-boil.
Recipe: My Belgian Blond 1
Brewer: Steve
Asst Brewer:
Style: Belgian Blond Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.00 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.10 gal
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 4.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.1 IBUs (tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.5 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 75.5 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 9.4 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.5 %
8.0 oz Vienna Malt (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 4 3.8 %
8.0 oz Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 5 3.8 %
14.17 g Northern Brewer [9.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 14.8 IBUs
10.63 g Northern Brewer [9.80 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 8.5 IBUs
3.54 g Northern Brewer [9.80 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 1.8 IBUs
1.0 pkg Belgian Ale (White Labs #WLP550) [35.49 Yeast 9 -
Single infusion mash at 154F
Pitched at 64F and slowly raised it to 68F over 7 days. I may try pitching at 66 and raising to 70 next time as I don't quite get enough of that awesome Belgian clove aroma/flavor.
Estimated FG was 1.010 but mine finished at 1.012. Maybe the low temp pitch did that, maybe I didn't aerate enough? I'm still new to this so I'm not sure.
I've never tried to convert a recipe to/from all-grain so I won't try now, I'll probably mess that up.
Anyway, I hope you and your dad have fun whatever you choose to brew. You've inspired me to haul my gear 80 miles east west this summer to brew with my dad. He just had some surgery and has been laid up for a while. He loves beer as much as I do and I think that would be a great way to spend some time with him.
[edited for poor geography, Miss South Carolina was right, I do need more maps...]
GolfBum:
Thanks for the recipe. Since I am doing extract with grains I will get some pilsner DME instead of the pilsner grain. And probably add some biscuit malt in there. The blonde I had that made me want to brew this had a decent amount of bready, biscuty flavor that I really liked. I have never used vienna malt before though, whats it bring to the table? And I think I'll take your advice and do just one hop addition at the 60 minute mark, I tend to over hop my beer and I want to get away from doing that. How much hop do you think I should do. I don't really want that much of a hop presence in this beer. Just really a bittering effect.
I'm glad I inspired you to brew with your dad. It seems like it will be a blast. Drink beer and making beer with your dad should be awesome.
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