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Leffe Extract Clone

208 calories 20.2 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Belgian Blond Ale
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.7 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.055 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.063 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (steeping grains only)
Source: Tylor Miranda
Rating:
5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 208 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 20.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday July 30th 2020
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Leffe Extract Clone 2

by Tylor Miranda

OG: 1.062 FG: 1.012 ABV: 6.6% IBU: 27

1.063
1.014
6.4%
23.0
5.2
n/a
128.98
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7.50 lb Briess - LME Golden Light7.5 lb LME Golden Light 3.60 / lb
27.00
37.6 4 88.2%
1 lb Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - Simplicity1 lb Belgian Candi Syrup - Simplicity 11.99 / lb
11.99
32 1 11.8%
8.50 lbs / 38.99
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Minnesota Julius Hops Pellets Grown by Mighty Axe Hops1 oz Minnesota Julius Hops Pellets Grown by Mighty Axe Hops Hops 2.99 / oz
2.99
Pellet 7.5 Boil 10 min 9.87 33.3%
1 oz Hallertau Hops Pellets1 oz Hallertau Hops Pellets Hops 2.49 / oz
2.49
Pellet 4 Boil 10 min 5.27 33.3%
1 oz Vanguard Hops Pellets1 oz Vanguard Hops Pellets Hops 1.79 / oz
1.79
Pellet 6 Boil 10 min 7.9 33.3%
3 oz / 7.27
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5.70 gal Distilled Bottled Water 0.97 / gal
5.53
Other Boil 30 min.
40 each Northern Brewer Fizz Drops 0.10 / each
4.00
Water Agt Bottling 420 hr.
40 each 500ml PET Beer Bottles w/ Caps 1.58 / each
63.20
Other Bottling 420 hr.
72.73
 
Yeast
White Labs - Belgian Golden Ale Yeast WLP570
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
9.99 / each
9.99
Attenuation (avg):
75.5%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
68 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 102 B cells required
9.99 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 12.25 psi       Temp: 36 °F       CO2 Level: 2.7 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5.7 gal Strike into boiling water and boil for 30 minutes. Strike 212 °F 212 °F 30 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 5.16 g | 20.6 qt) 5 20  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.7 2.8  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 5.86 g | 23.5 qt) 5.7 22.8  
Boil off losses -0.75 -3  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.11 -0.5  
Post boil volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 5 20
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This Belgian Blonde tastes as if it were brewed by an all-grain method.

Extract brewing can be simple and rewarding! Note that while the equipment costs far less than the equivalent all-grain systems, the cost to let someone else create your extract over extracting the sugars from grains yourself is more expensive by about 20-50%. The cost per 20oz (one bottle) of beer for this Belgian Blonde is $1.94. The cost per 20oz beer, with all equipment in this description, is $5.67 at a total cost of $181.50 (tax not included).

The bottles are on Amazon. Search Plastic Beer Bottles.
You may use tap water and/or modify the water profile.

Additional costs include:

$24.57 An inexpensive Amazon stainless kettle from India
$26.97 A 6.5 Gallon Bottling & Siphonless Fermentation Bucket from Northern Brewer with the Spigot: Fermenter's Favorites Bottling Spigot for Bottling Bucket and with the Lid: Grommeted Lid (Drilled)
$8.99 20ft 3/8" ID Siphon Hose
$4.99 Fermenter's Favorites® Spring Tip Bottle Filler
$16.00 Five Star - Star San - 16 Ounce - Brew Sanitizer High Foaming Acid Anionic

For a fermentation airlock, run a section of the 3/8" ID Siphon Hose from the grommet on the lid to the bottom of one of the gallon jugs filled with sanitizer solution in tap water, and place the gallon jug and the fermentation bucket at the same height. It is best to elevate the beer at the beginning of the fermentation cycle with the spiggot facing the area where you will be bottling so that the trub is not disturbed during the bottling process. In other words, try not to move the bucket just before bottling. Primary fermentation ambient temperature is about 68f. Allow the yeast to ferment up to whatever temperature it prefers.

To bottle your beer, precondition each sanitized 16oz bottle with 1 Northern Brewer Fizz Drop. Attach a 5-8 foot section of the 3/8" ID Siphon Hose to the Fermenter's Favorites Bottling Spigot and the other end of the hose to the Fermenter's Favorites® Spring Tip Bottle Filler. Slowly open the spigot until it is fully open. Place the spring tip filler into the bottle and press the tip in on the bottom of the bottle. Fill the bottle until the liquid reaches the top. Remove the filler and the bottle will be filled to the optimal height.

Secondary fermentation in bottles takes between 14 and 21 days. 17.5 is usually a safe number of days to allow carbonation to build.

Don't forget to sanitize everything including the outside rims of the brew equipment and even the outside of the yeast packet.

"Superior phenolics, poor flocculation
2 years ago
Given that I am the person who originally cultivated this yeast from van Steenberge Gulden Draak and gave it to Chris White in about 1996, I am prejudiced.

This is my "go to" Belgian yeast with lovely phenolics and does not produce hardly any banana when fermented very warm. When I was propagating it, it was a much poorer flocculator than after Chris cleaned it up. It is still not a very good flocculator. However, it produces a lovely aromatic character and clovey phenolic taste with much spicy complexity. It is not exceptionally tolerant of high gravity wort, so if you plan on making a beer with an OG of over 1.080, you need to grow it up in a couple of batches of beer first. I have successfully fermented a 1.122 wort down to 1.024, but only with a huge amount of yeast slurry from two previous batches. Belgian Golden Strong made with this yeast was awarded a Gold in 2001 and 2002 in NHC First Round and a Silver at NHC final round in 2002. And, a Belgian Dark Strong brewed that same year, continued to get better with age for the next 12 years, but sadly is all gone.

I LOVE THIS YEAST!!!!!!" - DION · Reviewed on morebeer.com

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