Lemon Drop Blonde Ale 100L

Method: All Grain
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 75 min
Batch Size: 85 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 100 liters
Post Boil Size: 90 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 65% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 97%
Calories: 141 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.3 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Friday August 30th 2019

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
8 kg	United Kingdom - Golden Promise8 kg Golden Promise	37	3	41%
8 kg	American - Pilsner8 kg Pilsner	37	1.8	41%
3 kg	Flaked Rice3 kg Flaked Rice	40	0.5	15.4%
0.50 kg	German - Acidulated Malt0.5 kg Acidulated Malt	27	3.4	2.6%
19.50 kg / $ 0.00

Amount

Fermentable

Cost

PPG

°L

Bill %

8 kg

United Kingdom - Golden Promise

41%

8 kg

American - Pilsner

1.8

41%

3 kg

Flaked Rice

0.5

15.4%

0.50 kg

German - Acidulated Malt

3.4

2.6%

19.50 kg / $ 0.00

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
30 g	Lemondrop30 g Lemondrop Hops	Pellet	10	Boil	60 min	9.56	12.5%
60 g	Lemondrop60 g Lemondrop Hops	Pellet	10	Boil	15 min	9.49	25%
90 g	Lemondrop90 g Lemondrop Hops	Pellet	10	Whirlpool	15 min	5.29	37.5%
60 g	Lemondrop60 g Lemondrop Hops	Pellet	10	Dry Hop	3 days		25%
240 g / $ 0.00

Amount

Variety

Cost

Type

Use

Time

IBU

Bill %

30 g

Lemondrop

Pellet

Boil

60 min

9.56

12.5%

60 g

Lemondrop

Pellet

Boil

15 min

9.49

25%

90 g

Lemondrop

Pellet

Whirlpool

15 min

5.29

37.5%

60 g

Lemondrop

Pellet

Dry Hop

3 days

25%

240 g / $ 0.00

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
240 g	Lemondrop (Pellet) 240 g Lemondrop (Pellet) Hops		24.34	100%
240 g / $ 0.00

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
20 g	Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)	Water Agt	Boil	15 min.
16 g	Whirlfloc	Water Agt	Boil	15 min.
12 g	Wyeast - Beer Nutrient	Water Agt	Boil	15 min.
1 each	Lemon Peel (1 lemon)	Flavor	Boil	--

Amount

Name

Cost

Type

Use

Time

20 g

Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)

Water Agt

Boil

15 min.

16 g

Whirlfloc

Water Agt

Boil

15 min.

12 g

Wyeast - Beer Nutrient

Water Agt

Boil

15 min.

1 each

Lemon Peel (1 lemon)

Flavor

Boil

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
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Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
58 L	Strike at 73C	Infusion	73 °C	65 °C	60 min
67 L		Sparge	83 °C	75 °C	15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.75 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Amount

Description

Type

Start Temp

Target Temp

Time

58 L

Strike at 73C

Infusion

73 °C

65 °C

60 min

67 L

Sparge

83 °C

75 °C

15 min

Starting Mash Thickness: 2.75 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Water	Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 93.03 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 47.63 L sparge/top-off.
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 66.5 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 32.53 L and adding 21.1 L sparge/top-off.	53.6
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.8 L/kg	53.6
Mash volume with grains	66.5
Grain absorption losses	-19.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 59.8 L)	66.8
Mash Lauter Tun losses	-0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 93 L)	100
Boil off losses	-7.1
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)	-0.5
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 85.5 L)	90
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand)	-0.5
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 89.6 L)	85
Total:	120.4
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Water

Liters

WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 93.03 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 47.63 L sparge/top-off.

WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 66.5 L. Suggest reducing strike water volume to 32.53 L and adding 21.1 L sparge/top-off.

53.6

Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.8 L/kg

53.6

Mash volume with grains

66.5

Grain absorption losses

-19.5

Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 59.8 L)

66.8

Mash Lauter Tun losses

-0.9

Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 93 L)

100

Boil off losses

-7.1

Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma)

-0.5

Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 85.5 L)

Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand)

-0.5

WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size

Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 89.6 L)

Total:

120.4

Equipment Profile Used:

System Default

Date	Days	Event	Gravity	Volume	pH	Temp	Updated	Comment
10/4/2019 9:22 PM over 4 years ago	+0	Pre-Boil Gravity		104 Liters	5.3	20 °C	10/6/2019 3:39 PM over 4 years ago	Good vorlauf of about 15 minutes. Clear wort. Pump would go at first. Needed some hot water sprayed through it. Left about 2-3L in mash tun and collected in 20L pot
10/4/2019 11:50 PM over 4 years ago	+0	Boil Complete	1.042	90 Liters	5.3	20 °C	10/6/2019 3:36 PM over 4 years ago	Good volume for boil at the top of the sight glass so 101L. Boil wasnt strong at first - too much wind and propane was getting low. Switched tanks and really got it going. Added first charge of hops after about 7-10 minutes of boil
10/5/2019 5:56 AM over 4 years ago	+1	Brew Day Complete	1.042	90 Liters	5.3	17 °C	11/4/2019 5:22 AM over 4 years ago	Had good whirlpool and trub wasn't a problem during chilling. CIP went well with 20L of caustic solution. Sanitation solution is too small at 2L (20ml Vortex) and could go to 10L (100ml). With event going on in brewery was hard to get back and forth for sanitizer etc. Filling fermentor was good but temp through the thrumometer kept going up and down and had to adjust flow. Pitched full 5L of yeast starter at about 17c
10/5/2019 3:17 PM over 4 years ago	+1	Sample	1.041		4.8	9 °C	10/6/2019 3:21 PM over 4 years ago	Temp dropped much too low so added O2 and started to warm with two heaters and sleeping bag around fermentor
10/7/2019 4:18 AM over 4 years ago	+3	Sample	1.036		4.2	18 °C	10/9/2019 4:21 AM over 4 years ago	Third day test. Temp holding well but still warmer at the bottom
10/9/2019 4:20 AM over 4 years ago	+5	Sample	1.020		4.2	16 °C	10/9/2019 4:21 AM over 4 years ago	Another sample. Tasting quite lemony. Temp holding well
10/9/2019 4:21 AM over 4 years ago	+5	Dry Hopped	1.013	90 Liters	4.2	15.5 °C	11/4/2019 5:23 AM over 4 years ago	30 g Lemondrop (Pellet) for 6 days 49 g Mt Hood (cone) for 6 days 5g of lemon zest
10/20/2019 8:33 PM over 4 years ago	+16	Fermentation Complete	1.008	90 Liters		3 °C	11/4/2019 5:24 AM over 4 years ago	Fermentation finished up at a nice dry level. Lemon character is subtle but there. Now lagering for one week
10/25/2019 8:38 PM over 4 years ago	+21	Packaged	1.008	88 Liters		3 °C	10/26/2019 8:42 PM over 4 years ago	Kegged 5 19 liter kegs at Bad Tattoo. Filled first two a little too full but then started to use a scale to weigh them. Tare at 6kg and filled to 23kg so should be 17L of beer in the last 3 kegs.
10/26/2019 10:27 PM over 4 years ago	+22	Tasting Note					11/1/2019 3:53 AM over 4 years ago	This lemon drop blonde ale is a tribute to a time when English brewers were influenced by the popularity of German lagers and tried their hand at making them. These brewers used English ingredients including adjuncts and ale yeast but they were able to mimic lagers to a certain extent. This blonde ale sticks to the English ingredient focus except for the new age citrusy lemon drop hop. All in all it makes for a refreshing sessionable beer that reminds you of summer!

Date

Days

Event

Gravity

Volume

Temp

Updated

Comment

10/4/2019 9:22 PM
over 4 years ago

Pre-Boil Gravity

104 Liters

5.3

20 °C

10/6/2019 3:39 PM
over 4 years ago

Good vorlauf of about 15 minutes. Clear wort. Pump would go at first. Needed some hot water sprayed through it. Left about 2-3L in mash tun and collected in 20L pot

10/4/2019 11:50 PM
over 4 years ago

Boil Complete

1.042

90 Liters

5.3

20 °C

10/6/2019 3:36 PM
over 4 years ago

Good volume for boil at the top of the sight glass so 101L. Boil wasnt strong at first - too much wind and propane was getting low. Switched tanks and really got it going. Added first charge of hops after about 7-10 minutes of boil

10/5/2019 5:56 AM
over 4 years ago

Brew Day Complete

1.042

90 Liters

5.3

17 °C

11/4/2019 5:22 AM
over 4 years ago

Had good whirlpool and trub wasn't a problem during chilling. CIP went well with 20L of caustic solution. Sanitation solution is too small at 2L (20ml Vortex) and could go to 10L (100ml). With event going on in brewery was hard to get back and forth for sanitizer etc. Filling fermentor was good but temp through the thrumometer kept going up and down and had to adjust flow. Pitched full 5L of yeast starter at about 17c

10/5/2019 3:17 PM
over 4 years ago

Sample

1.041

4.8

9 °C

10/6/2019 3:21 PM
over 4 years ago

Temp dropped much too low so added O2 and started to warm with two heaters and sleeping bag around fermentor

10/7/2019 4:18 AM
over 4 years ago

Sample

1.036

4.2

18 °C

10/9/2019 4:21 AM
over 4 years ago

Third day test. Temp holding well but still warmer at the bottom

10/9/2019 4:20 AM
over 4 years ago

Sample

1.020

4.2

16 °C

10/9/2019 4:21 AM
over 4 years ago

Another sample. Tasting quite lemony. Temp holding well

10/9/2019 4:21 AM
over 4 years ago

Dry Hopped

1.013

90 Liters

4.2

15.5 °C

11/4/2019 5:23 AM
over 4 years ago

30 g Lemondrop (Pellet) for 6 days
49 g Mt Hood (cone) for 6 days
5g of lemon zest

10/20/2019 8:33 PM
over 4 years ago

+16

Fermentation Complete

1.008

90 Liters

3 °C

11/4/2019 5:24 AM
over 4 years ago

Fermentation finished up at a nice dry level. Lemon character is subtle but there. Now lagering for one week

10/25/2019 8:38 PM
over 4 years ago

+21

Packaged

1.008

88 Liters

3 °C

10/26/2019 8:42 PM
over 4 years ago

Kegged 5 19 liter kegs at Bad Tattoo. Filled first two a little too full but then started to use a scale to weigh them. Tare at 6kg and filled to 23kg so should be 17L of beer in the last 3 kegs.

10/26/2019 10:27 PM
over 4 years ago

+22

Tasting Note

11/1/2019 3:53 AM
over 4 years ago

This lemon drop blonde ale is a tribute to a time when English brewers were influenced by the popularity of German lagers and tried their hand at making them. These brewers used English ingredients including adjuncts and ale yeast but they were able to mimic lagers to a certain extent. This blonde ale sticks to the English ingredient focus except for the new age citrusy lemon drop hop. All in all it makes for a refreshing sessionable beer that reminds you of summer!

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