Blonde Ale Amarillo Blonde

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Has anybody used East Kent Goldings for bittering and Amarillo for flavor or aroma?

For me EKG is very smooth as a bittering hop. I might give this recipe a try using EKG and Amarillo.
 
East Kent Goldings, sounds interesting. Let me know if you try it.

I brewed this Thurs. Starting to get the hang of this AG thing. 6.5 gal collected, with 1.037 pre-boil gravity, 60 mi. Boil, got 1.044 OG with 5.5 gal in the fermenter. 73.45% brewbouse efficiency. I'm happy with that.
Ended up using1oz Mag um hops at 60 min. .25 oz Amarillo @ 20, .25 @ 10 and .5 @5, trying to get it a bit hoppy. used US-05. Was bubbling quite nicely by Sat morning. Loved the color of this. Was my first Blonde brew.
 
I'm glad people are still using this recipe as a base for their own ideas. The EKG sounds interesting, not something I would have ever tried. Let us know how this turns out. Rambuck, that sounds like it's going to come out nicely.

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I just brewed an all grain / biab version of this last night. It tasted great! The honey malt adds that sweetness that I was looking for.

8lbs great western 2 row
1lb crystal 10L
8oz honey malt
.8 oz magnum @ 60
.6 oz citra @ 20
.5 oz Amarillo @ 5
.5 oz sweet orange peel @ 10
Whirlfloc tab @ 10
2x 1056 yeast ( I didn't have time for a starter - spur of the moment beer week batch!)

Ended up with 1.046 gravity reading.

I'll probably dry hop with .5 oz Amarillo. The magnum here was a great choice for the first addition but I might dial it back a bit. I'll let you know how it comes out.


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Still being a NOOB, bear with me. I just checked the FG and it is at 1.005. Whoah. This is with both Hydrometer and Refractometer. With OG of 1.044, that puts me at over 5% ABV. Usually US-05 cleans up well, but I stil have thick krausen. I'm going to cold crash this for a few days and see if it settles. Not sure I want the FG to get much lower?
Anywho, man, the sample tastes AWESOME. The hops really shine thru. I'd say "citrisy" for lack of a better word. Not too bitter at all, at least for me. Not sure if it was the Magnum hops or the Amarillo late additions?
I am thinking this will be my new house brew. Can't wait to get this kegged up.
 
I'm glad this thread was resurrected. I was planning on ordering a pound of Amarillo tomorrow but had no idea what to brew with it beyond a pale ale.

I'm also glad people had success with honey malt. I have 8 ounces sitting around waiting to be used up.


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How did this turn out with the Citra?

I liked it, way more citrusy [surprise surprise] than the amarillo one, though the amarillo were a bit old. Will certainly try it again with fresh ones. Actually my favourite was the "dregs" bottle I did with about a 50/50 mix of the two beers!

MikeB I used Pacific Jade for bittering as I have a small bag I've been trying to use up and don't see why I should waste my good aroma hops on bittering. My palate isn't refined enough to notice the difference, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
 
making the switch from 1 gal BIAB to 5 gal BIAB and this looks like a great simple recipe to start with! perfect.
 
i substituted in some Honey Malt instead of 2-row and man, did this come out great. very good light beer. very drinkable
 
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