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Dirty Blonde No. 1

178 calories 18.1 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 2.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 2.52 gallons
Post Boil Size: 2.27 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 55% (brew house)
Calories: 178 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.1 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday October 1st 2020
1.054
1.013
5.5%
26.9
8.6
5.6
3.38
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale4 lb Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 67.4%
8 oz Munich - Light 10L8 oz Munich - Light 10L $ 2.25 / lb
$ 1.13 		33 10 8.4%
4 oz American - Victory4 oz American - Victory 34 28 4.2%
1 lb German - Pilsner1 lb Pilsner $ 2.25 / lb
$ 2.25 		38 1.6 16.8%
3 oz Briess - Wheat Malt, White3 oz Wheat Malt, White 39.1 2.5 3.2%
95 oz / $ 3.38
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.70 oz Willamette0.7 oz Willamette Hops Pellet 4.5 Boil 60 min 26.86 100%
0.70 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 tsp Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
0.50 oz Irish Moss Fining Boil 10 min.
 
Yeast
Muntons Premium Gold
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
78%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
57 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 40 B cells required
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Priming
Method: Honey       Amount: 2.9 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
7 qt Infusion 160 °F 155 °F 60 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 4.77 g | 19.1 qt) 3.51 14  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 5.24 g | 21 qt) 3.99 15.9  
Grain absorption losses -0.74 -3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 3.78 g | 15.1 qt) 2.52 10.1  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 2.25 g | 9 qt) 2.27 9.1  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Volume into fermentor (equipment estimates 2.27 g | 9.1 qt) 2.25 9  
Total: 3.51 14
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

For this recipe I'm going for a light-colored ale. I didn't want to brew an IPA-style hop bomb. I also didn't want to brew another lager, but I did want to brew something more "shareable" than a porter, stout, etc. So, I came up with this recipe for what would be a balanced, gold-colored ale with a lot of malt in it.

I've had problems with head retention, so I threw in 3 oz of wheat malt to try to help with that.

I'm trying the Munton's Gold yeast for the first time. I want to like it because it's so damn cheap. This seems like a good recipe to test it out on.

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