RobWalker
Well-Known Member
It's not bad, the colour and flavour are both okay, but its just lacking balls, truth be told. It's good enough that me and my parents have drank 20 pints in a week, but I would just like to improve this further. It's partial mash and hops are added at 60 and 15 minutes. Apologies that this is quite rough but I'm working from memory!
I believe the problems may be too much honey to malt extract, wrong type of hop (aroma) and a lack of something like wheat, oat etc. I'd like to keep this at least close to a blonde ale style.
How can I improve this?
Golden Honey Ale
Brew Type: Partial Mash Date: 10/09/2011
Style: Light Blonde Beer Brewer: R. Walker
Batch Size: 5.00 gal Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 5.72 gal Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 % Equipment: My Equipment
Actual Efficiency: 0.0
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0
Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 63.8 %
0.23 kg Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 7.2 %
14.17 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (60 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
7.09 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (10 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0.91 kg Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 29.0 %
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.052 SG (1.035-1.050 SG) Measured Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.014 SG (1.008-1.015 SG) Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Color: 7.1 SRM (2.0-8.0 SRM) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 11.8 IBU (8.0-20.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 0.5 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.0 % (3.8-5.5 %) Actual Alcohol by Volume: 5.0 %
Actual Calories: 232 cal/pint
I believe the problems may be too much honey to malt extract, wrong type of hop (aroma) and a lack of something like wheat, oat etc. I'd like to keep this at least close to a blonde ale style.
How can I improve this?