Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP007 Dry English Ale
Yeast Starter: 2L starter
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.25
Original Gravity: 1.039
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU: 17.2
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 3
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7
Additional Fermentation: Cold crash 1 week prior to keg/bottle
Tasting Notes: Dry, crisp, easy drinking.

Blonde Ale
6-B Blonde Ale



Size: 5.25 gal
Efficiency: 77.0%
Attenuation: 80.0%
Calories: 126.7 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.039 (1.038 - 1.054)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.008 (1.008 - 1.013)
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Color: 3.04 (3.0 - 6.0)
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Alcohol: 4.03% (3.8% - 5.5%)
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Bitterness: 17.2 (15.0 - 28.0)
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Ingredients:
6.75 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
.5 lb German Light Munich
.25 lb Cara-Pils® Malt
.4 oz Amarillo (7.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
.25 oz Amarillo (7.2%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
.25 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
.25 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1 ea White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale, 1 L starter.


Mash in - Liquor: 2.34 gal; Strike: 159.59 °F; Target: 149 °F Hold for 60 minutes
Untitled Step - Sparge Volume: 5.78 gal; Sparge Temperature: 168.0 °F; Runoff: 7.03 gal Fly sparge 60 minutes.



Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.11

This is a very session-able blonde ale, light and crisp with some subtle citrusy hop character and a nice mild bready malt profile. This is what we drink when we're drinking all day. At 4% you can have a few pints without being totally trashed, makes for great football watching beer.



Be sure to scale the base malt for your system's efficiency. I get in the mid-high 70's when doing ten gallon batches, and this recipe is scaled accordingly.