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Belgian Blonde

207 calories 18.7 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Blond Ale
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 7.2 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 9.3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.049 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 76% (ending kettle)
Hop Utilization: 90%
Calories: 207 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 18.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday June 23rd 2022
1.063
1.012
6.8%
21.2
6.0
5.5
13.81
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9.40 lb Weyermann - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner9.4 lb Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner $ 0.85 / lb
$ 7.99 		36.3 1.9 53.6%
5 lb Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter5 lb Finest Maris Otter $ 0.81 / lb
$ 4.03 		38 3 28.5%
1.20 lb Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (0L)1.2 lb Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (0L) - (late fermenter addition) 38 0 6.8%
1.05 lb Weyermann - Munich Type I1.05 lb Munich Type I $ 0.85 / lb
$ 0.90 		38 6 6%
0.50 lb Briess - Victory Malt0.5 lb Victory Malt $ 1.79 / lb
$ 0.90 		34.5 28 2.8%
0.40 lb Weyermann - Acidulated0.4 lb Acidulated 27 3.4 2.3%
17.55 lbs / $ 13.81
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1.50 oz Liberty1.5 oz Liberty Hops Pellet 6.3 Boil 60 min 20.39 75%
0.50 oz Barth-Haas - Celeia0.5 oz Celeia Hops Pellet 3.7 Boil 5 min 0.8 25%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Monastary Ale Yeast WLP500
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
65 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 147 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 3.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
charleston Nov 2018
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5.75 gal Strike Temp 165 Strike 163 °F 152 °F 60 min
5 gal Fly Sparge 168 °F -- 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.4 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 75 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.4 qt/lb 5.72 22.9  
Mash volume with grains 7.03 28.1  
Grain absorption losses -2.04 -8.2  
Remaining sparge water volume 5.87 23.5  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 9.53 g | 38.1 qt) 9.3 37.2  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 6.98 g | 27.9 qt) 7.2 28.8  
Estimated amount in fermentor 7.2 28.8  
Total: 11.59 46.4
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Brew Day 3-20-2023
used WLP500 not Wyeast3522
2 L starter
Pitch at 64, then let rise to 68 degrees over a couple of days.

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