Blonde Ale Kona Big Wave Golden Ale clone

[eelgerg]

 

[eelgerg]

And at 48 hours the top blew off...

 

[eelgerg]

Been working away for 5 days now. Still lotsa Krausen. Should I wait till that drops off to start the dry-hop? Or just go ahead and add the citra into primary.

 

[eelgerg]

well no opinions so I'mma goin ahead to dry-hop today. I am hesitant to use 1.5-2 oz cause I want it to have the aroma, but just not be grassy, so I'm thinking of sticking to 1 oz to start, see how it smells, and add another 0.5-1 oz later if needed.

 

[Calaeb]

Brewed this over the weekend, first batch of beer in over a year so to say I was a bit rusty is a understatement! Messed up my mash and ended up mashing really high, still looks to have made beer though lol. I used oyl-200 to ferment as I had planned on a different beer. Gonna check og after a week and see where I'm at then keg.

 

[eelgerg]

Mine turned out really good! Citra certainly has a bite to it. I also bought the original and will post a side by side comparison soon.

 

[GTACanuck]

I am 2 days into the dry hopping, 3 away from transferring to the brite tank. I went with all Citra as the Galaxy is not available right now in my area.

 

[eelgerg]

The end product. I did a side by side with the original and it is pretty damn close. Original is a bit crisper. Mine has a slightly different maltiness to it. A truly amazing beer though. This is definitely a summer regular in my tap rotation.

Both photos are my recipe.

 

[rockriver74]

Ok... Noob here. Can someone break down the dry hop phase to me? I'm 1 week into primary fermentation in a carboy. I will be dry hopping with pellets and will be kegging. I guess what I'm asking is how far into the process do I start the dry hopping phase and also, how long until I keg?

 

[alestateyall]

Ok... Noob here. Can someone break down the dry hop phase to me? I'm 1 week into primary fermentation in a carboy. I will be dry hopping with pellets and will be kegging. I guess what I'm asking is how far into the process do I start the dry hopping phase and also, how long until I keg?

I wait until one week after the krausen drops to keg. I add dry hops in the keg and leave them there until the keg kicks. Put the hops in a bag of some sort (muslin, paint strainer, cloth hop bag, etc.)

 

[rockriver74]

I wait until one week after the krausen drops to keg. I add dry hops in the keg and leave them there until the keg kicks. Put the hops in a bag of some sort (muslin, paint strainer, cloth hop bag, etc.)

Thank you so much!

 

[brewbama]

I am planning a Golden Ale after my wheat beer tomorrow.

Brewers notes
BITTERNESS. 21 IBU
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME. 4.4%
ORIGINAL GRAVITY. 10.3° P
MALTS. Pale 2 Row Premium, Caramel 20
HOPS. Galaxy, Citra

10 lb 2 row
1 lb C20

Galaxy 7.5 IBU(s) @ 45 min
Citra 6 IBU(s) @ 30 min
Citra 7.5 IBU(s) @ 10 min

Nottingham yeast

 

[alestateyall]

I am planning a Golden Ale after my wheat beer tomorrow.

Brewers notes
BITTERNESS. 21 IBU
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME. 4.4%
ORIGINAL GRAVITY. 10.3° P
MALTS. Pale 2 Row Premium, Caramel 20
HOPS. Galaxy, Citra

10 lb 2 row
1 lb C20

Galaxy 7.5 IBU(s) @ 45 min
Citra 6 IBU(s) @ 30 min
Citra 7.5 IBU(s) @ 10 min

Nottingham yeast

Sounds good.

 

[brew703]

I brewed this about two years ago and it was a solid brew. Just curious why one would use Galaxy at 60 min and such a small quantity. I cant believe Kona uses Galaxy that early.
Anyway, I'll probably be brewing this again later this year but will make some changes.
I plan on reducing the 2Row and adding some munich and white wheat.
I may also change the crystal to 40 just to darken it up a bit.
Hop schedule will be warrior to bitter and 2:1 Citra/Galaxy all in late additions (10 min and under) plus some dry hops.

 

[Uhthoff]

Can anyone suggest a water profile for this? I brew using RO water. Thanks so much!

 

[alestateyall]

Can anyone suggest a water profile for this? I brew using RO water. Thanks so much!

I would start with Yellow Balanced from Bru’n Water.

 

[Uhthoff]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[rockriver74]

Ok, so I finally got a chance to taste this and oh boy, it was awesome. My only deviation from the original recipe was that I substituted Carared for the Crystal malt. It's a little cloudier than I expected, but I think I syphoned to much trub into the keg. The only way I can describe this beer is as a fresher version of Big Wave with a little more hop flavor on the back end. Such a good beer. Cheers!

 

[user 254557]

fI am definetly a fan of Kona and for sure am trying this recipe, could be a good one to have in the rotation, it might have to replace that is very similar, 9 lbs 2-row, 1 lb carmel 40, and all citra with 2 oz dry hoppin

 

[Dangeruss]

This has inspired me. But I am going to do a quite a bit subbing in the grain bill based on current inventory. No 2-row but have Pilsner, no c-20 but do have quite a bit of Vienna and C-15. No us-05 but have us-04. Any thoughts and concerns?

 

[VirginiaHops1]

This is one of my favorite beers from Kona but I also wonder about the 60 minute galaxy addition. Seems like you could get your IBUs from a cheaper hop like columbus, warrior or magnum and not lose anything.

 

[Trainman28]

I do a mosiac 60 min addition. I know it's not much cheaper than galaxy but I like it in my version of this recipe. Will use warrior when my mosaic runs out

 

[Trainman28]

Centennial would be a good sub also

 

[Dangeruss]

Basically made my own beer. Used Pilsner 7.5#, C-15 1.5#, Mosiac (fwh .25 & dry hopped 1 oz with 1 oz Citra) instead of galaxy but used Citra as called for in OP & s-04 instead of S05. Side by side with Big Wave mine has a lot more body and more fruit notes but Kona is much clearer than my hazyish beer. Defitnely a crusher

 

[arvee]

This will be my next batch. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[dave2851]

Brewed this today. Looking forward to it ! Thanks for the recipe !

 

[shaner316]

Cracked open my first bottle of this today. Absolutely lovely. The only thing I changed was I subbed the Galaxy with Mosaic. (Because that's what I had on hand)

Will definitely brew this again. Thanks for the recipe!!

 

[AnttiLeh]

Made with the original recipe and tasted after 1 week in bottle
almost no carbonation but the taste was spot on already, this is going to be damn nice summer beer! Cheers Acarlotto.

 

[Mike COusineau]

By far the best session blonde ale I've brewwed to date

 

[Mike COusineau]

Question the beer is great but definitely a hot summer ale beer. If I love the flavor but want to bump up the abv without adding sugar