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Ballard's Belgain Blonde

220 calories 14.9 g 12 L
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Blond Ale
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 50 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 61.89 liters
Post Boil Size: 54.6235 liters
Post Boil Gravity: 1.062 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Joshua Ballard
Calories: 220 calories (Per 12L)
Carbs: 14.9 g (Per 12L)
Created: Thursday August 8th 2024
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8.1%
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3.5
5.3
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
12 kg Weyermann - Extra Pale Premium Pilsner Malt12 kg Extra Pale Premium Pilsner Malt $ 0.00 / kg
$ 0.00 		38 1.5 85.7143%
1 kg Dry Malt Extract - Extra Light1 kg Dry Malt Extract - Extra Light - (late boil kettle addition) $ 0.00 / kg
$ 0.00 		42 2.5 7.14286%
1 kg Cane Sugar1 kg Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) $ 0.00 / kg
$ 0.00 		46 0 7.14286%
14 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
25 g Magnum25 g Magnum Hops $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 20.2601 20%
100 g Saaz100 g Saaz Hops $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Pellet 3.5 Boil 5 min 3.76968 80%
125 g / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
4 g Whirlfloc $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Water Agt Boil 5 min.
10 g Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
15 g Gypsum $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
14.23 ml Lactic acid $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
4.80 g Lactic acid $ 0.00 / g
$ 0.00 		Water Agt Sparge 1 hr.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® ABBAYE BELGIAN ALE YEAST
Amount:
4 Each
Cost:
$ 0.00 / each
$ 0.00
Attenuation (avg):
88%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
17 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 622 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Temp: 68 °C      
 
Target Water Profile
Ryde Water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
50 50 6 60 75 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
49.2 L Strike 68 °C 63 °C 30 min
Temperature 63 °C 66 °C 60 min
Temperature 66 °C 72 °C 15 min
80 L Fly Sparge 72 °C 79 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 4.1 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 15 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 59.18 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 44.13 L and adding 13.78 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 57.12 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 37.48 L and adding 11.72 L sparge/top-off. 49.2
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 4.1 L/kg 49.2
Mash volume with grains 57.1
Grain absorption losses -12
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 21.6 L) 25.6
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 57.9 L) 61.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 1.3
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.6
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 50 L) 54.6
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 54.6 L) 50
Total: 74.8  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Boil for 90 Minutes

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