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Summer Blond Ale

158 calories 14.4 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 29 liters
Post Boil Size: 23 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Rating:
3.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 158 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.4 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday May 15th 2021
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 kg Thomas Fawcett - English Pearl Pale Ale Malt4 kg English Pearl Pale Ale Malt ฿ 0.08 / g
฿ 304.00 		38 2.6 87%
400 g Weyermann - Pale Wheat400 g Pale Wheat ฿ 0.12 / g
฿ 48.00 		36 2 8.7%
200 g Castle Malting - Château Munich Light200 g Château Munich Light ฿ 0.12 / g
฿ 24.00 		34 7.6 4.3%
4,600 g / ฿ 376.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
10 g Zeus10 g Zeus Hops ฿ 9.60 / g
฿ 96.00 		Leaf/Whole 15 Boil 60 min 17.88 30.3%
15 g Zeus15 g Zeus Hops ฿ 9.60 / g
฿ 144.00 		Leaf/Whole 15 Hop Stand 0 min 5.36 45.5%
8 g Zeus8 g Zeus Hops ฿ 9.60 / g
฿ 76.80 		Leaf/Whole 15 Dry Hop Day 3 24.2%
33 g / ฿ 316.80
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 g Chalk Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
5 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
7.60 g Citric acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
3 g Yeast Energizer Other Mash 0 min.
30 g Bitter Orange Peel Flavor Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® VOSS KVEIK ALE YEAST
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
฿ 170.00 / each
฿ 170.00
Attenuation (avg):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
25 - 40 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 95 B cells required
฿ 170.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.45 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 4 L/kg 18.4
Mash volume with grains 21.4
Grain absorption losses -4.6
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 13.9 L) 16.1
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 26.8 L) 29
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.1
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 21.1 L) 23
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.1
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 22.9 L) 21
Total: 34.5  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

It has a slight sour note to it, I think it is from the high fermentation temperature of 35c, not unpleasant but not to my taste. Also, not bitter enough, the Zeus was meant to be 14% Alpha but seems weaker than that. Finally the color was darker than expected.

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