Belgian Blond Ale Luxembourg Girl

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mcspanner

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Location
Warrington
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
Fermentis T-58
Yeast Starter
no
Batch Size (Gallons)
5
Original Gravity
1.066
Final Gravity
1.012
Boiling Time (Minutes)
60
IBU
24.1
Color
8IBC
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
14@18 deg c
Tasting Notes
Proving very popular and often compared to Affligem blond.
Hi all,

I don't often post recipes but I've had such great feedback from everyone who's tried this that I thought it worthy of a share.

If you've ever had Affligem Blond, that's what this most often gets compared to.

I didn't have the ingredients for a 100% authentic Belgian blonde so I came up with the idea of Luxembourg Girl (not quite a true Belgian, but close enough that you still would....:ban:)


Anyhow, if anyone else has a go then let me know how it went. It's a frequent repeat brew on my bar.

Enjoy!

Recipe: Luxembourg Girl
Brewer: Tim
Asst Brewer:
Style: Belgian Blond Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (45.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30.05 l
Post Boil Volume: 25.78 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 l
Bottling Volume: 18.16 l
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 8.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 24.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 54.5 %
1.00 kg Bohemian Pilsner (3.5 EBC) Grain 2 18.2 %
1.00 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 3 18.2 %
0.50 kg Lyle's Golden Syrup (0.0 EBC) Extract 4 9.1 %
30.00 g Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.80 %] - Boil Hop 5 7.5 IBUs
10.00 g Perle [9.37 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 8.3 IBUs
20.00 g Perle [9.37 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 8.3 IBUs
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 8 -
30.00 g Perle [9.37 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 mi Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafBrew Specialty Ale (DCL/Fermentis #T- Yeast 10 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5.50 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 16.07 l of water at 71.9 C 66.7 C 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (5.48l, 16.54l) of 75.6 C water
Notes:
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A peppery spicy belgian(ish) blonde.

The Perle hops and Fermentis T-58 yeast should provide the spice notes and the blend of bohemian pilsner and wheat malts will enhance body and head retention.

Maris Otter adds a bready, biscuity malt base.

Created with BeerSmith 2 - http://www.beersmith.com
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Wow!

This thread has had over 430 views but no comments.

Just out of curiosity has anyone tried a batch of this?

I've done it a couple of times and the keg always goes fast when we have a party. I'd love to know if anyone else has tried it.

:mug:
 
Wow!

This thread has had over 430 views but no comments.

Just out of curiosity has anyone tried a batch of this?

I've done it a couple of times and the keg always goes fast when we have a party. I'd love to know if anyone else has tried it.

:mug:

Looks interesting. How quick is the turnaround on this?
 
Not too long, My Beersmith records tell me it was two weeks in primary, transfer to keg, in fridge and cold crash/condition for a further ten days then serve.

It did taste a little young at that point but was still very drinkable (I was in a rush to get something on for some Austrian visitors) - the keg went in a weekend and the commercial stuff wasn't touched :drunk:

Subsequent versions have aged for another 30 days before cracking the keg and it does benefit from the extra month to be fair.
 
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