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Best Guy Blonde

164 calories 16 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.88 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 74% (brew house)
Source: SuperCoolGuy Brewing
Calories: 164 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday February 27th 2015
1.050
1.011
5.0%
25.5
4.6
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 oz American - Vienna10 oz Vienna 35 4 6.1%
5 oz American - Caramel / Crystal 15L5 oz Caramel / Crystal 15L 35 15 3.1%
8.80 lb Gambrinus Pale Malt8.8 lb Gambrinus Pale Malt 36 2.3 86%
8 oz Gambrinus Wheat8 oz Gambrinus Wheat 38 2.3 4.9%
163.80 oz / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
14 g Simcoe14 g Simcoe Hops Pellet 13.7 Boil 50 min 24.4 55.2%
0.20 oz Saaz0.2 oz Saaz Hops Pellet 3.1 Boil 5 min 0.47 22.4%
0.20 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker0.2 oz Hallertau Hersbrucker Hops Pellet 4.4 Boil 5 min 0.67 22.4%
0.89 oz / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 10 min.
1 each Wort Chiller Other Boil 10 min.
0.50 each campden water tablet Water Agt Other 90 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Denny's Favorite 50 1450
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
60 - 70 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 193 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: cane sugar       Amount: 4.4       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Surrey 2013 British columbia
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
1 0 2 2 1 4
1/2 campden table per 10 Gallons of water.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
12.8 qt First Infusion Infusion -- 151 °F 60 min
6.8 qt Mash-out Infusion -- 168 °F 10 min
15.8 qt Batch sparge Sparge -- 168 °F 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 3.2 12.8  
Mash volume with grains 4.02 16.1  
Grain absorption losses -1.28 -5.1  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.36 g | 21.5 qt) 5.21 20.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.03 g | 28.1 qt) 6.88 27.5  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.41 33.6
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

clean as shit son
ferment lower to get fewer esters.
consider when remaking this recipe if the malt profile isn't right to do a decoction mash and try using pilsner malt instead with a 90 minute boil
maybe consider playing with water chemistry if profile still isn't right with decoction


"Traditionally, the mash regimen called a triple decoction required three decoctions and four temperature rests: an acid rest at 95° F, a protein rest at 121° to 131° F, a starch conversion at 150° to 158° F, and a mash-out rest at 165° to 168° F. Today the less time-
consuming double- and single-decoction methods are more common.

The double decoction usually starts with a temperature of 128° to 131° F that is increased to 152° to 155° F and finally 165° to 168° F by two decoctions. The single decoction requires only one decoction to raise the mash temperature either from the starting point, 128° to 131° F, to a mash-out at 152° to 155° F or from 152° to 155° F to mash-out at 165° to 168° F."
consider decoction seriously
seems under bittered, perhaps add slightly more.


target 25 IBU mark. needs to be more robust.
reduce OG /FG
also reduce amount of vienna malt, giving too much character and increase crystal 15, also use unmalted wheat next time.

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