Jonell
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Bear with me for formatting. This is my first post, though I've been brewing hybrid extract for about two years, and searching this site for my needs for about ~18 months. I thought I would share a recipe, get some feedback, and maybe ask a question or three from our more experienced brewers.
This recipe is a partial mash version off of
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/simple-blonde-ale-extract-54953/
which I made last year, and it was one of my better brews.
The goal for the mash is partial mash 2 gallons for 30-40 minutes (152°F), then sparge deathbrewer-style with 1.5 gallons (170°F) and come out with ~ 3 gallon boil volume and then a ~2.5 gallon top-up into the fermenter.
4 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 52.6 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.8 %
4.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 3 2.9 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 4 38.6 %
0.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 8.2 IBUs
0.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 5.0 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 8 0.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 9 -
Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color
Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 %
Bitterness: 13.4 IBUs
Est Color: 4.1 SRM
I upped the gravity to account for inevitable lower efficiency from first-time partial mashing.
Questions!:
I have an ounce (7.3%AA) of Cascade hops left over from something. Where could I add it here? This blonde is a bit light on IBU's so I could keep the 2oz of Willamette, and do an ounce at 60, and then cut the 1min addition to 1/4oz + add the Cascade 0.5oz each at 10min and 1 min.
This will be a 2-3 week primary and then straight to bottle with maybe a gallon held off to strawberry-ify.
Thoughts?
This recipe is a partial mash version off of
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/simple-blonde-ale-extract-54953/
which I made last year, and it was one of my better brews.
The goal for the mash is partial mash 2 gallons for 30-40 minutes (152°F), then sparge deathbrewer-style with 1.5 gallons (170°F) and come out with ~ 3 gallon boil volume and then a ~2.5 gallon top-up into the fermenter.
4 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 52.6 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.8 %
4.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 3 2.9 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 4 38.6 %
0.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 8.2 IBUs
0.75 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 5.0 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
0.50 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 8 0.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 9 -
Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color
Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 %
Bitterness: 13.4 IBUs
Est Color: 4.1 SRM
I upped the gravity to account for inevitable lower efficiency from first-time partial mashing.
Questions!:
I have an ounce (7.3%AA) of Cascade hops left over from something. Where could I add it here? This blonde is a bit light on IBU's so I could keep the 2oz of Willamette, and do an ounce at 60, and then cut the 1min addition to 1/4oz + add the Cascade 0.5oz each at 10min and 1 min.
This will be a 2-3 week primary and then straight to bottle with maybe a gallon held off to strawberry-ify.
Thoughts?