A nice easy drinking blonde is always a beer that has been on the back burner for me. Seeing how I love hoppy beers, other brews have always come up. However, a very good friend of mine is getting married and we are doing bus beer tour in San Diego. Since you are allowed to drink on the bus, it was requested that I bring a few easy drinking homebrews. The blonde being one and the kolsch being the other. Since, the winter has been quite cool, it has been perfect weather to ferment a blonde. My garage has been holding a steady 65 degrees F. So it is a perfect timing for the beer.
During the bus tour, at each of the stops we are going to be drinking a lot of beer. I figured the homebrew on the bus should mellow, drinkable and low gravity. These three things were used to design the beer. It is a very simple recipe, mostly 2-row with a little bit of speciality malt and mildly hopped. I did a little bit of research and came up with the recipe below.
Bachelor's Blonde
| Date Brewed: | 6 Jan 2012 | Date Racked: | 25 Jan 2012 |
| Date Packaged: | 25 Jan 2012 | Date Ready: | 2 Mar 2012 |
| Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines |
6B-Light Hybrid Beer-Blonde Ale
| Minimum OG: | 1.038 SG | Maximum OG: | 1.054 SG |
| Minimum FG: | 1.008 SG | Maximum FG: | 1.013 SG |
| Minimum IBU: | 15 IBU | Maximum IBU: | 28 IBU |
| Minimum Color: | 3.0 SRM | Maximum Color: | 6.0 SRM |
| Target Wort Volume Before Boil: | 8.00 US gals | Actual Wort Volume Before Boil: | 8.00 US gals |
| Target Wort Volume After Boil: | 6.50 US gals | Actual Wort Volume After Boil: | 6.50 US gals |
| Target Volume Transferred: | 5.50 US gals | Actual Volume Transferred: | 5.50 US gals |
| Target Volume At Pitching: | 5.50 US gals | Actual Volume At Pitching: | 5.50 US gals |
| Target Volume Of Finished Beer: | 5.00 US gals | Actual Volume Of Finished Beer: | 5.00 US gals |
| Target Pre-Boil Gravity: | 1.035 SG | Actual Pre-Boil Gravity: | 1.038 SG |
| Target OG: | 1.043 SG | Actual OG: | 1.046 SG |
| Target FG: | 1.010 SG | Actual FG: | -No Record- |
| Target Apparent Attenuation:: | 76.4 % | Actual Apparent Attenuation: | 100.0 % |
| Target ABV: | 4.4 % | Actual ABV: | 6.1 % |
| Target ABW: | 3.5 % | Actual ABW: | 4.8 % |
| Target IBU (using Tinseth): | 25.1 IBU | Actual IBU: | 24.4 IBU |
| Target Color (using Morey): | 3.8 SRM | Actual Color: | 3.8 SRM |
| Target Mash Efficiency: | 65.0 % | Actual Mash Efficiency: | 70.4 % |
| Target Fermentation Temp: | 64 degF | Actual Fermentation Temp: | 64 degF |
| Ingredient | Amount | % | MCU | When |
| US 2-Row Malt | 10.00 lb | 85.1 % | 2.8 | In Mash/Steeped |
| UK Wheat Malt | 1.00 lb | 8.5 % | 0.3 | In Mash/Steeped |
| US Carapils Malt | 0.50 lb | 4.3 % | 0.1 | In Mash/Steeped |
| US Caramel 20L Malt | 0.25 lb | 2.1 % | 0.8 | In Mash/Steeped |
| Variety | Alpha | Amount | IBU | Form | When |
| US Willamette | 5.0 % | 1.50 oz | 25.1 | Loose Pellet Hops | 60 Min From End |
White Labs WLP001-California Ale
| Target Profile: | No Water Profile Chosen |
| Mash pH: | 5.2 |
| pH Adjusted with: | Unadjusted |
| Total Calcium (ppm): | 51 | Total Magnesium (ppm): | 8 |
| Total Sodium (ppm): | 29 | Total Sulfate (ppm): | 38 |
| Total Chloride(ppm): | 18 | Total Bicarbonate (ppm): | 0 |
| Mash Type: | Full Mash |
| Schedule Name: | Single Step Infusion (66C/151F) |
| Step Type | Temperature | Duration |
| Rest at | 151 degF | 60 |
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