Blue Eyed Blonde Hippie Chick

Method: Extract
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 25% (steeping grains only)
Source: Bryan & Jenna Keene
Rating:

5.00 (1 Review)

Calories: 175 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.9 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Thursday November 5th 2020

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
7 lb	Brewmaster - Brewmaster - Liquid Malt Extract - Extra Light		37	2.5	93.3%
7 lbs / $ 0.00

Amount

Fermentable

Cost

PPG

°L

Bill %

7 lb

Brewmaster - Brewmaster - Liquid Malt Extract - Extra Light

2.5

93.3%

7 lbs / $ 0.00

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
8 oz	American - Caramel / Crystal 15L8 oz Caramel / Crystal 15L		35	15	6.7%
$ 0.00

Amount

Fermentable

Cost

PPG

°L

Bill %

8 oz

American - Caramel / Crystal 15L

6.7%

$ 0.00

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Artisan - Willamette1 oz Willamette Hops		Pellet	5	Boil	60 min	19.3	100%
1 oz / $ 0.00

Amount

Variety

Cost

Type

Use

Time

IBU

Bill %

1 oz

Artisan - Willamette

Pellet

Boil

60 min

19.3

100%

1 oz / $ 0.00

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Artisan - Willamette (Pellet)		19.3	100%
1 oz / $ 0.00

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
1 each	Whirlfloc tablet		Other	Boil	5 min.
5 lb	Blueberries / Frozen / Mashed		Flavor	Secondary	7 days

Amount

Name

Cost

Type

Use

Time

1 each

Whirlfloc tablet

Other

Boil

5 min.

5 lb

Blueberries / Frozen / Mashed

Flavor

Secondary

7 days

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
60	5	10	95	55	0

Ca⁺²

Mg⁺²

Na⁺

Cl^-

SO₄^-2

HCO₃^-

Water	Gallons	Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.02 g \| 24.1 qt)	5.48	21.9
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.02 g \| 24.1 qt)	5.52	22.1
Grain absorption losses (steeping)	-0.06	-0.3
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions)	0.58	2.3
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.54 g \| 26.2 qt)	6	24
Boil off losses	-1.5	-6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)	-0.04	-0.2
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 5 g \| 20 qt)	5.5	22
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.5 g \| 22 qt)	5	20
Total:	5.48	21.9
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Water

Gallons

Quarts

Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.02 g | 24.1 qt)

5.48

21.9

Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.02 g | 24.1 qt)

5.52

22.1

Grain absorption losses (steeping)

-0.06

-0.3

Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions)

0.58

2.3

Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.54 g | 26.2 qt)

Boil off losses

-1.5

-6

Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)

-0.04

-0.2

Post boil volume (equipment estimates 5 g | 20 qt)

5.5

Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt)

Total:

5.48

21.9

Equipment Profile Used:

System Default

Date	Days	Event	Gravity	Volume	Temp	Updated	Comment
11/6/2020 6:44 PM over 3 years ago	+0	Brew Day Complete	1.052	5 Gallons		2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago	Brew Beer: Samuel Adam’s Holiday White Ale Brew Music: Greatful Dead 1340 - grains seeping in mesh bag for 30 min - 6 gallons of Great Value Spring Water - reached 170 before 30 min mark 1413 - grains removed - add LME (heat off), boil, then add hops for 60 min. Crank the heat all the way...watch for foam build up, then reduce...when foam dissipates, turn back up to continue boil. Tie mesh bag and let it float...at half way grains will be cool enough to feed chickens. Temp 200 degrees Sterilize carboy. Put bottling bucket up on outside table and add one gallon. Swirl. Add everything that needs to be sterilized into bottling bucket and cover. 1521 - submerged the chiller for sterilization. Tube run in red Coleman cooler...ice will be added at 5 min to help cooling. 1535 - Clarification tablet added 1540 - Heat turned off, hop bag removed, immersion chiller turned on - 30 min chill time. 1555 - Yeast rehydrated - 80-93 degrees 100 ml of water for 15min 1615 - Stirred yeast and let set for 5min - wert is almost done chilled - 80 degrees 1647: Chiller turned off : 80 degrees on transfer 1702 - yeast pitched - 74 degrees 1711 - Original Gravity Reading 1.52
11/6/2020 10:00 PM over 3 years ago	+0	Brew Day Complete	1.052	5.5 Gallons	74 °F	2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Specific Gravity reading was 1.052 at 74 degrees
11/8/2020 6:02 PM over 3 years ago	+2	Other				2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Fermentation began overnight on the 11/7. The Next Morning the airlock was bubbling slightly, with little to no foam. By the end of the day (2000), significant foam build up. Not to top. By the morning of 11/8, blow out tube installed as the airlock was becoming overworked and filling with foam. Note: Always install blow out tube from now on. Temp at 72 and decreasing
11/9/2020 12:00 PM over 3 years ago	+3	Other				2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	6:50 - Fermenter checked. Still Bubbling out of the blow off tube. Very Active. Temperature holding at 72 degrees
11/11/2020 4:00 AM over 3 years ago	+5	Other				2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	0610 - Fermenter still bubbling and very active. Most of the sugar off the bottom is being eaten by yeast. Very good I'm guessing. Temp is fluctuating between 72 and 74. Coming close to a week. If activation decreases the blueberries will be added.
11/15/2020 3:50 PM over 3 years ago	+9	Other			65 °F	2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Added 5lbs of blueberries - 3 lbs of regular blueberries / 2lbs Wild Blueberries - Great Value Temperature Dropped from 72 to 65 degrees - Blueberries were still very cold Fermentation stopped to a bubble or two every so often....Did not transfer to another carboy...added straight to the wort in a mesh grain bag. Sting out of the cork hole...s - airlock added
11/22/2020 8:00 PM over 3 years ago	+16	Fermentation Complete	1.008	5 Gallons	68 °F	2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Final Reading
11/22/2020 8:15 PM over 3 years ago	+16	Packaged		5 Gallons		2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Packaged to Keg using 4oz of Corn Sugar in 2 cups boiled water - Added while transferring from fermenter
11/27/2020 11:00 PM over 3 years ago	+21	Packaged		5 Gallons	68 °F	2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Put in Freezer at 12psi CO2 - temp set at 38F
12/4/2020 12:00 AM over 3 years ago	+28	Tasting Note				2/10/2021 8:18 PM over 3 years ago	Beer was Clear, but purple in color. Not an over powering of blueberry. Kind of a beer / wine / seltzer taste and feel. Very light and popular. I would like a little more hop bite to it, however the wife loves

Date

Days

Event

Gravity

Volume

Temp

Updated

Comment

11/6/2020 6:44 PM
over 3 years ago

Brew Day Complete

1.052

5 Gallons

2/20/2021 3:43 AM
over 3 years ago

Brew Beer: Samuel Adam’s Holiday White Ale

Brew Music: Greatful Dead

1340 - grains seeping in mesh bag for 30 min - 6 gallons of Great Value Spring Water - reached 170 before 30 min mark

1413 - grains removed - add LME (heat off), boil, then add hops for 60 min. Crank the heat all the way...watch for foam build up, then reduce...when foam dissipates, turn back up to continue boil. Tie mesh bag and let it float...at half way grains will be cool enough to feed chickens. Temp 200 degrees

Sterilize carboy. Put bottling bucket up on outside table and add one gallon. Swirl. Add everything that needs to be sterilized into bottling bucket and cover.

1521 - submerged the chiller for sterilization. Tube run in red Coleman cooler...ice will be added at 5 min to help cooling.

1535 - Clarification tablet added

1540 - Heat turned off, hop bag removed, immersion chiller turned on - 30 min chill time.

1555 - Yeast rehydrated - 80-93 degrees 100 ml of water for 15min

1615 - Stirred yeast and let set for 5min - wert is almost done chilled - 80 degrees

1647: Chiller turned off : 80 degrees on transfer

1702 - yeast pitched - 74 degrees

1711 - Original Gravity Reading 1.52

11/6/2020 10:00 PM
over 3 years ago

Brew Day Complete

1.052

5.5 Gallons

74 °F

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Specific Gravity reading was 1.052 at 74 degrees

11/8/2020 6:02 PM
over 3 years ago

Other

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Fermentation began overnight on the 11/7. The Next Morning the airlock was bubbling slightly, with little to no foam. By the end of the day (2000), significant foam build up. Not to top. By the morning of 11/8, blow out tube installed as the airlock was becoming overworked and filling with foam. Note: Always install blow out tube from now on.

Temp at 72 and decreasing

11/9/2020 12:00 PM
over 3 years ago

Other

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

6:50 - Fermenter checked. Still Bubbling out of the blow off tube. Very Active. Temperature holding at 72 degrees

11/11/2020 4:00 AM
over 3 years ago

Other

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

0610 - Fermenter still bubbling and very active. Most of the sugar off the bottom is being eaten by yeast. Very good I'm guessing. Temp is fluctuating between 72 and 74. Coming close to a week. If activation decreases the blueberries will be added.

11/15/2020 3:50 PM
over 3 years ago

Other

65 °F

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Added 5lbs of blueberries - 3 lbs of regular blueberries / 2lbs Wild Blueberries - Great Value

Temperature Dropped from 72 to 65 degrees - Blueberries were still very cold

Fermentation stopped to a bubble or two every so often....Did not transfer to another carboy...added straight to the wort in a mesh grain bag. Sting out of the cork hole...s - airlock added

11/22/2020 8:00 PM
over 3 years ago

+16

Fermentation Complete

1.008

5 Gallons

68 °F

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Final Reading

11/22/2020 8:15 PM
over 3 years ago

+16

Packaged

5 Gallons

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Packaged to Keg using 4oz of Corn Sugar in 2 cups boiled water - Added while transferring from fermenter

11/27/2020 11:00 PM
over 3 years ago

+21

Packaged

5 Gallons

68 °F

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Put in Freezer at 12psi CO2 - temp set at 38F

12/4/2020 12:00 AM
over 3 years ago

+28

Tasting Note

2/10/2021 8:18 PM
over 3 years ago

Beer was Clear, but purple in color. Not an over powering of blueberry. Kind of a beer / wine / seltzer taste and feel. Very light and popular.

I would like a little more hop bite to it, however the wife loves

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