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Short, Blond, and Creamy - Hoppy Blond/Cream Ale

Method: All Grain
Style: Blonde Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.056 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 85% (ending kettle)
Source: Cupcake
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 198 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.8 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Monday December 28th 2020

Original Gravity:

1.060

Final Gravity:

1.014

ABV (standard):

6.1%

IBU (tinseth):

13.9

SRM (morey):

4.2

Mash pH

5.3

Cost $

31.12

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
4 lb	Viking - Pale Ale Malt4 lb Pale Ale Malt	$ 1.20 / lb $ 4.80	37	2.5	34.4%
4 lb	Viking - Pilsner Malt4 lb Pilsner Malt	$ 1.20 / lb $ 4.80	37	1.9	34.4%
2 lb	Flaked Corn2 lb Flaked Corn	$ 1.75 / lb $ 3.50	40	0.5	17.2%
10 oz	Bestmalz - BEST Chit Malt10 oz BEST Chit Malt	$ 1.80 / lb $ 1.13	23	1.4	5.4%
0.50 lb	American - Caramel / Crystal 10L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 10L	$ 1.99 / lb $ 1.00	35	10	4.3%
0.50 lb	Weyermann - Munich Type I0.5 lb Munich Type I	$ 1.99 / lb $ 1.00	38	6	4.3%
11.62 lbs / $ 16.22

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
0.25 oz	Columbus (15 AA)0.25 oz Columbus (15 AA) Hops	$ 1.20 / oz $ 0.30	Pellet	15.8	Boil	30 min	9.03	3.4%
0.25 oz	Comet (11 AA)0.25 oz Comet (11 AA) Hops	$ 2.00 / oz $ 0.50	Pellet	10.4	Boil	15 min	3.84	3.4%
0.75 oz	Comet (11 AA)0.75 oz Comet (11 AA) Hops	$ 2.00 / oz $ 1.50	Pellet	10.4	Boil	1 min	1	10.3%
3 oz	Columbus (15 AA)3 oz Columbus (15 AA) Hops	$ 1.20 / oz $ 3.60	Pellet	15.8	Dry Hop at 64 °F	2 days		41.4%
3 oz	Comet (11 AA)3 oz Comet (11 AA) Hops	$ 2.00 / oz $ 6.00	Pellet	10.4	Dry Hop at 64 °F	2 days		41.4%
7.25 oz / $ 11.90

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
3.25 oz	Columbus (15 AA) (Pellet)	$ 1.20 / oz $ 3.90	9.03	44.8%
4 oz	Comet (11 AA) (Pellet)	$ 2.00 / oz $ 8.00	4.84	55.1%
7.25 oz / $ 11.90

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
4.4 gal		Strike	162 °F	148 °F	45 min
	step mash for fermentability	Temperature	148 °F	155 °F	20 min
3.25 gal		Sparge	168 °F	168 °F	15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.4 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
2.50 g	Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
3 g	Epsom Salt	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
6 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
4 ml	Lactic acid	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
1.50 g	Salt	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
5 g	ascorbic acid	Water Agt	Boil	0 min.
10 g	BSG - Fermax Yeast Nutrient	Other	Boil	0 min.
1.50 g	BSG - Kerry Whirlfloc T	Fining	Boil	0 min.

Yeast

Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 3.00 / each $ 3.00
Attenuation (custom):	74%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	67 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 251 B cells required

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Priming

Method: sucrose Amount: 5.3 oz Temp: 70 °F CO₂ Level: 2.5 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
70	10	20	73	155	0
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Notes

Post brewing notes: Forgot to add the sugar fortunately I somehow managed to get around 85% eff for this batch. Dry hopped on day 3 at 1.017, but krausen had dropped Day 2 at 1.020. Tempted to add some enzyme to get that gravity down, but I'm hoping we will get a little bit of hop creep if I let it dry hop at 70F.

Beer finished out at 1.014, and tastes amazing at bottling. Malty, dank, and fruity.

Pre-Brewing Notes: Forgot Maris otter at the brew shop so I decided to just throw a few random malts in there to get a more complex and deep malt flavor like I planned to get from 1/2 marris and 1/2 Pilsen base. I need to have something to stand up to the 6oz dry hop.

Comet, and Columbus only with a heavy dry hop. Should be a huge blast of citrus and dank American hop flavors.

S-04 in hopes to get a dry finish with a bit of extra esters and flavors. Always helps the dry hop pop as well. Made a 1.5L starter.

Flavors coming from all over to create a nice well balanced beer that anyone should find pleasing. My goal with this beer is to make a beer with a very simple hop profile, be super easy drinking, and great flavors from malt and yeast to keep those who are not interested in hops drinking. Gotta get them hooked somehow.

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	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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