Blonde Ale Brulosopher's Blonde Ale

[Jordan Logo]

Here is my iteration of this recipe, turned out great! Easy to drink, just enough flavor. Very happy with this recipe.View attachment 676002

Wow! Talk about clear... Did you follow the recipe to a T? Also, do you fine with gelatin or anything?

 

[Von Mises]

Wow! Talk about clear... Did you follow the recipe to a T? Also, do you fine with gelatin or anything?

Pretty close, I didn't have any white wheat so I just upped my base malt. I do 30 minute boils so hop schedule was a bit different. And I used US05 for this batch, fined with gelatin. Probably the clearest beer I've ever brewed!

 

[Jordan Logo]

Grist Bill
8.25 lbs Pale Malt (NW Pale)
0.75 lbs White Wheat Malt
0.50 lbs Crystal 15 Malt
0.25 lbs CaraPils


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Do you by chance have the %s for your grain bill? Trying to dial this guy in even better. Sipping on it as I type. This beer has been always on tap at the house going on a year.

PS. Any recommendations of substitutions for Galena? Everyone is out! I was thinking Magnum?

 

[Von Mises]

Do you by chance have the %s for your grain bill? Trying to dial this guy in even better. Sipping on it as I type. This beer has been always on tap at the house going on a year.

PS. Any recommendations of substitutions for Galena? Everyone is out! I was thinking Magnum?

Grain bill :
9lb Viking Xtra Pale. 91.1%
8 oz Crystal 15. 5.1 %
4 oz carapils. 2.5 %
2 oz Acid Malt. 1.3 %

Hops as follows:
10g galena @30
14g cascade @10
14g columbus @10
7g cascade @5.

I personally think it could hold up to higher hopping, beauty of this recipe is you can adapt to your tastes. And I agree, magnum would be a good sub for galena, nugget would probably be another good choice. Next time I might do a small dry hop with a citrusy style hop!

 

[rbach2]

Brewed 3 weeks ago and just pulled my first pint. Had to use Crystal 20 vs 15 and Wyeast Kolsch. Everything else aligned with the original recipe. Fermented at 63. This is solid.

 

[rtstrider]

Brewed this recipe as the maiden brew on my Brewzilla gen 4 back in September of last year. Ended up hitting crazy high efficiency (over 90 percent) and this batch was jet fuel lol Just because you can get a high efficiency doesn't mean you should! After 8 months or so of tinkering around trying to lower effieciency I finally rebrewed this recipe. Hit the og right on! Ended up kegging Thursday, burst carbing, dosing with gelatin Friday, and pulling samples in between. It's gotten way better over these past few days (total of 4 days in the keg) and it probably wouldn't hurt to cold condition a pinch more. However....Tomorrow is the 4th of July and we're having family over so it's going to be one of the brews on tap. This reminds me of a very plain Jane brew with just a tiny hint of something. Very clean! Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[rtstrider]

Here's a pic of the finished product! Right at 7 days in the keg. Cold crashed in the keg under pressure. That gelatin worked fast! Tastes a bit Kolsch-ey