SUMMER BLOND - Blonde Ale

RECIPE INFO

by Tony Makin
Recipe Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 0
Boil Size: 0
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Efficiency: 75%
OG: 1.053
FG: 1.013
ABV: 5.24%
Bitterness: 31.33 (tinseth)
IBU/OG: 0.59
Color: 5.8° SRM
Calories: 5.24 per 330ml

FERMENTABLES

% fermentable ppg L usage
42.1% 0 Pilsner - BE 36 2 Mash
42.1% 0 Maris Otter Pale - UK 38 3 Mash
10.4% 0 Vienna - DE 37 4 Mash
5.4% 0 Biscuit Malt - BE 36 23 Mash

HOPS

variety type usage time AA IBUs
0 Tettnang Pellet Boil 60 Minutes 4.5 17.83
0 Cascade Pellet Boil 10 Minutes 5.8 4.17
0 Simcoe Pellet Boil 10 Minutes 13 9.34
0 Citra Pellet Boil 0 Minutes 12 0

YEAST

yeast attenuation
Fermentis Safale S-04 75%

INSTRUCTIONS

Mill the grains and mix with 18L of 163°F (73°C) strike water to reach a mash temperature of 152°F (67°C). Hold this temperature for 60 minutes. Vorlauf until your runnings are clear, then run off into the kettle. Sparge the grains with 26L and top up as necessary to obtain 6 gallons (36 l) of wort. Boil for 60 minutes, following the hops schedule. After the boil, chill the wort to slightly below fermentation temperature, about 60°F (16°C). Aerate the wort with pure oxygen or filtered air and pitch the yeast. Ferment at 60°F (16°C) for one week, then allow temperature to free rise to 70°F (21°C). Upon completion of fermentation, add dry hops and wait 2–3 days. Crash the beer to 35°F (2°C), then bottle or keg and carbonate to approximately 2.5 volumes of CO2.