Any Ideas about this Recipe?

I'd love to hear what some of you think about this recipe...and give me some hints on what i could do to improve it.

6 lbs Pilsen Malt Syrup
3 lbs Gold Malt Syrup
1 oz UK Golding Hops - 60 min
1 oz UK Golding Hops - 10 min
1 oz Brewer's Gold Hops - 30 min
2 oz Black Currant Flavoring - 60 min

Ferment at 65F for about 4 weeks. 5 days in primary, 3 weeks in secondary.

Black Currant Blonde?

Some flavorings/extracts don't hold up well to boiling and/or fermenting. If you are using extract you might want to add it to the seconadary or at bottling/kegging.

I would personally steep some caramel 40. I also would use the brewers gold for the bittering hop and finish with the goldings.

As foe the fermentation, I'd primary for 4 weeks then bottle.


What yeast are you using?

i'm using danstar windsor ale yeast. i just put in my order for the caramel 40 also..thanks for the suggestions so far

If you are using one of the flavoring extracts they sell for homebrew, just add it to the bottling bucket. It's already sanitized, and has no fermentables.

Half pound of crystal will go well.

Might want to use a different yeast rather than Windsor. It doesn't attenuate too well, and since you are using extract, you can't mash to get a more fermentable wort. I would suggest Nottingham or S-04 if you want an English dry yeast.

With all that syrup you are going to have an OG of 1.065, and using Windsor will probably end up with a sweet tasting beer with an FG around 1.022-1.026. Using Notty or S-04, you will probably get down to around 1.013-1.015.

what would you suggest to change the recipe eso far unionrdr?

Knoxgoalie said:

I'd love to hear what some of you think about this recipe...and give me some hints on what i could do to improve it.

6 lbs Pilsen Malt Syrup
3 lbs Gold Malt Syrup
1 oz UK Golding Hops - 60 min
1 oz UK Golding Hops - 10 min
1 oz Brewer's Gold Hops - 30 min
2 oz Black Currant Flavoring - 60 min

Ferment at 65F for about 4 weeks. 5 days in primary, 3 weeks in secondary.

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Here are the changes i would make to it.

6 lbs Pilsen Malt Syrup
3 lbs Wheat Malt Syrup
1 oz UK Golding Hops - 60 min
2 oz Black Currant Flavoring -At Bottling