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Bernie's Honey Blossom Blonde

174 calories 16.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 11 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 12.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Source: Chris Sotkovsky
Calories: 174 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday April 1st 2012
1.053
1.011
5.5%
29.7
5.4
5.9
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2 lb American - Aromatic Malt2 lb Aromatic Malt 35 20 9.5%
4 lb American - Pale 2-Row4 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 19%
14 lb German - Pilsner14 lb Pilsner 38 1.6 66.7%
1 lb Honey1 lb Honey - (late boil kettle addition) 42 2 4.8%
21 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Cascade2 oz Cascade Hops Pellet 5.7 Boil 60 min 20.94 40%
1 oz us goldings1 oz us goldings Hops Pellet 4.7 Boil 20 min 5.23 20%
1 oz us goldings1 oz us goldings Hops Pellet 4.7 Boil 10 min 3.13 20%
1 oz us goldings1 oz us goldings Hops Pellet 4.7 Aroma 1 min 0.37 20%
5 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Irish Moss Fining Boil 15 min.
1 oz Orange Zest Spice Primary 0 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 191 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.37
 
Target Water Profile
Chardon, OH, USA
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
79 19 25 0 5 200
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
26 qt saccharification Infusion -- 156 °F 60 min
mash out Infusion -- 168 °F 10 min
30 qt sparge Sparge -- 170 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (12 gal | 48 qt) exceeded. Volume required: 12.69 gal (50.75 qt). Suggest reducing initial water volume to 11.92 gal (47.69 qt) and adding 0.69 gal (2.75 qt) sparge/top-off.    
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 6.25 25  
Mash volume with grains 7.85 31.4  
Grain absorption losses -2.5 -10  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 9.11 g | 36.4 qt) 9 36  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 12.61 g | 50.4 qt) 12.5 50  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.08 0.3  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.19 -0.8  
Post boil Volume 11 44  
Going into fermentor 11 44  
Total: 15.25 61
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

.5 # Honey and zest added to primary after 10 days fermentation.
Flavor from zest extracted with 2 oz vodka and then mixed with honey to thin it.




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