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• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-16-2013 at 04:55 PM
  Looks good to me. I love hoppy session beers. Did you do a full or partial?I did a partial boil
  with a late extract addition.2 1/2 gallon boil, 1 1/2 lbs DME @ 45, 4 oz corn sugar @ 30, 3 lbs
  DME @ fl...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-16-2013 at 01:34 PM
  Sounds good. Any idea how the recipe would look if I wanted to do all grain?I'm not an all
  grain guy, so maybe someone else here can answer this...I'd guess about 7-1/2 LBS of 2-row, but
  I'm not sure ...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-16-2013 at 01:28 PM
  I'm kind of a nooby with this but is this a partial mash or do you just steep the grains?? what
  temp did you use and for how long....i showed my wife this recipe and shes really interested in
  doing it...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-16-2013 at 01:23 PM
  Here's a photo - for what it's worth.

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  Added a new Photo on 05/16/2013

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-15-2013 at 06:13 PM
  1 LB of caramel in this with the honey malt sounds like way too much. I'd drop the honey to 1/8
  of a lb. drop the caramel 10 to .5 lbs and add .5 lbs of carapils.I guess it depends on how
  much sweetne...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-15-2013 at 06:05 PM
  I like the 1oz citra at flameout, but have you considered any additional dry hopping or maybe a
  hop stand with the citra? I feel like having that additional hop burst in the nose could crank
  the tropi...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 05-15-2013 at 12:08 AM
  Two weeks in the fermenter, and three in the bottle and I finally cracked one tonight. Beer was
  fantastic. Had a very strong pineapple/grapefruit flavor with a real crispness to it. I think
  the honey ...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 04-07-2013 at 08:37 PM
  Just wondering why the mosaic at 45.Yeah, Billy, but I was wanting to stay with a similar
  flavor profile. Really wanted todo Galaxy, but it seems like no one has any, so the LHBS
  suggested I try Mosai...

• Posted in thread: Tropical Blond Ale on 04-07-2013 at 06:07 PM
  I got the stuff to make it today, just wondering if my proportions (especially the honey malt)
  seem good. I'll keep you posted!