- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Nottingham
- Yeast Starter
- N/A
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.5
- Original Gravity
- 1.048
- Final Gravity
- 1.008
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 19.8
- Color
- 3.8 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 21 days @ 65 °F
- Tasting Notes
- A very clean, crisp, lightly hopped blonde ale. A great lawnmower beer or a gateway for folks who don't like "craft beer" (BMC drinkers).
This is a beer I brewed using a few misc. ingredients I had in my inventory. I do BIAB and did a small sparge with this recipe.
Blonde Moment
Blonde Ale
Type: All Grain Date: 23 Nov 2019
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer: Nick
Boil Size: 7.15 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Windblown Brewery BIAB
End of Boil Volume 5.85 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.9 %
Final Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal Measured Mash Efficiency 87 %
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 43.0
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 94.4 % 0.66 gal
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.6 % 0.04 gal
2.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [3.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 17.6 IBUs -
1.00 oz Hersbrucker [2.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 4 2.3 IBUs -
1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 5 - -
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.043 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.3 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.3 %
Bitterness: 19.8 IBUs Calories: 157.4 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 3.8 SRM
Mash Profile
Mash Name: BIAB, Medium Body Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs
Sparge Water: 2.60 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 160 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Estimated Mash PH: 5.4
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Saccharification Add 5.00 gal of water at 159.6 F Mash 152.1 F 60 min
Sparge Step: Raise grain bag, sparge with 2.6 gallons water and prepare to boil wort
Mash Notes: Brew in a bag method where the full boil volume is mashed within the boil vessel and then the grains are withdrawn at the end of the mash. This is a medium body beer profile.
Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Keg Volumes of CO2: 2.5
Pressure/Weight: 14.89 PSI Carbonation Used: Keg with 14.89 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 36.0 F Age for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Storage Temperature: 36 F
I used a mixture of RO and my well water. I used the "Yellow Balanced" profile in Bru'n Water with the following values:
Ca: 51
Mg: 5
Na: 5
Sulfate: 75
Chloride: 59
Estimated pH: 5.4
Blonde Moment
Blonde Ale
Type: All Grain Date: 23 Nov 2019
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer: Nick
Boil Size: 7.15 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Windblown Brewery BIAB
End of Boil Volume 5.85 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.9 %
Final Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal Measured Mash Efficiency 87 %
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 43.0
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 94.4 % 0.66 gal
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.6 % 0.04 gal
2.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [3.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 17.6 IBUs -
1.00 oz Hersbrucker [2.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 4 2.3 IBUs -
1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 5 - -
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.043 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.3 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.3 %
Bitterness: 19.8 IBUs Calories: 157.4 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 3.8 SRM
Mash Profile
Mash Name: BIAB, Medium Body Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs
Sparge Water: 2.60 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 160 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Estimated Mash PH: 5.4
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Saccharification Add 5.00 gal of water at 159.6 F Mash 152.1 F 60 min
Sparge Step: Raise grain bag, sparge with 2.6 gallons water and prepare to boil wort
Mash Notes: Brew in a bag method where the full boil volume is mashed within the boil vessel and then the grains are withdrawn at the end of the mash. This is a medium body beer profile.
Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Keg Volumes of CO2: 2.5
Pressure/Weight: 14.89 PSI Carbonation Used: Keg with 14.89 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 36.0 F Age for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Storage Temperature: 36 F
I used a mixture of RO and my well water. I used the "Yellow Balanced" profile in Bru'n Water with the following values:
Ca: 51
Mg: 5
Na: 5
Sulfate: 75
Chloride: 59
Estimated pH: 5.4
