and a Blonde of some Uniqueness
Brewed - May 27, 2012
Style - Blonde Ale / Other Smoked Beer
Ingredients:
- 16.0 lbs. 2-Row
- 1.0 lbs. Crystal 15L
- 0.5 lbs. White Wheat
- 1.5 oz. Willamette (60)
- 0.5 oz. Willamette (20)
- ~ 10 lbs. Smoked Apples (20)
- Wyeast #1056 American Ale (2 packs / 1200 ml starter)
OG – 1.042
Primary – ?? days
Secondary - ?? days
Kegged - ??
FG - 1.008 (estimated)
Attenuation - 81% (estimated)
ABV - 4.5% (estimated)
Notes:
- Blonde Ale brewed with ~ 10 lbs. of smoked apples curiosity of Brandon and his BGE; the lot was split between Gala and Fiji apples; like the smoked squash beer, I added this into the boil at the 20 min mark
- Even though the inside of the apples were surprisingly moist and sealed off from the smoke when I cut them into smaller pieces, I don't expect to get much apple flavor, so I will probably be adding apple juice into one of the fermenters after I take a sample
- Mash at ~ 152° for 60 minutes; 60 min boil
- Grain Mill was out of commission, so I used an old coffee grinder; grains were finer than usual and that hurt the efficiency a bit as I expected to be more in the 1.050 OG range
