Honey Lemon Blonde

Well it's starting to get hot here in CO, so I've had blondes on the mind, summer beers too

I've been playing with the idea of honey malt in a blonde lately, and thought that some lemongrass couldn't hurt either. I haven't used either, so I'm hoping some of you have.

Take a look at the recipe below and let me know what you think.


Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.41 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.28 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.45 gal
Estimated OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 5.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 21.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 93.3 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
6 lbs 3.2 oz Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 1 70.0 %
2 lbs 4.9 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 26.0 %
5.7 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.0 %
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 15.2 IBUs
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 6.2 IBUs
1.20 oz Lemongrass (Boil 0.0 mins) Spice 6 -
1.0 pkg Whitbread Ale (Wyeast Labs #1099) [124.2 Yeast 7 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 8 lbs 13.8 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 13.07 qt of water at 160.1 F 150.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 6.70gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Can't be much help on the lemongrass but a quarter lb of honey malt should be good for 5 gal. Recipe sounds good overall. Let us know how it turns out.