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Irish Blonde Ale

196 calories 21.9 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.059 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Calories: 196 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday November 9th 2023
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
12 lb US - Pale 2-Row12 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 79.3%
1.25 lb Flaked Barley1.25 lb Flaked Barley 32 2.2 8.3%
1.25 lb Flaked Oats1.25 lb Flaked Oats 33 2.2 8.3%
10 oz German - Acidulated Malt10 oz Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 4.1%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Palisade1 oz Palisade Hops Pellet 7.5 Boil 60 min 25.91 33.3%
1 oz Palisade1 oz Palisade Hops Pellet 7.5 Boil 15 min 12.85 33.3%
1 oz Palisade1 oz Palisade Hops Pellet 7.5 Dry Hop 3 days 33.3%
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Yeast
White Labs - Irish Ale Yeast WLP004
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
71.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
65 - 68 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 106 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
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Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
24 5 26 12 17 52
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 5.67 22.7  
Mash volume with grains 6.88 27.5  
Grain absorption losses -1.89 -7.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 3.54 g | 14.2 qt) 2.97 11.9  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 6.5 26  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.64 34.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

First batch sat in fermenter too long and was oxidized and just undrinkable. Brewed again early 2024. This batch is drinkable but not too interesting. Really light in body and flavors. Too much bitterness to be considered a light beer.
Maybe could be entered as a blonde ale or cream ale.
It's like a B- beer.

Next time either take it the direction of a light lager or cream ale and reduce bitterness try to make it crisper. Or add more body to make it more like a blonde ale.

=========== 11/20/2023=========
updating recipe...homebrew shop gave flaked oats instead of oat malt. also adding acid malt for mash pH

=========== 11/8/2023=========
new recipe!

looking for some new blonde ales to brew and ran across this idea. from a little research it appears that irish blonde ale isnt actually a real style. like not in bjcp, but also there may not be any commercial examples either - doesnt exist. Appears to have been made up by Northern Brewer. But guess what the recipe sounds good and this batch (using irish ale yeast) can be used as a ramp up batch for another project ive been wanting to do for a few years, which is an imperial irish red ale aged on irish whisky and oak....

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