Thoughts On My Blonde

[The Village Idiot]

Wanting to clear the cupboard and thought this might be a reasonable summer quaffer????

Thoughts or suggestions please....

Canadian Blonde Kit
BE2
1kg Coopers Wheat Malt
10g Centennial boil for 30 min
10g Amarillo boiled for 5 min
Kit Yeast? or suggestion?

23 litres

I have some Cascade if that would be better also some cracked wheat???

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

Wanting to clear the cupboard and thought this might be a reasonable summer quaffer????

Thoughts or suggestions please....

Canadian Blonde Kit
BE2
1kg Coopers Wheat Malt
10g Centennial boil for 30 min
10g Amarillo boiled for 5 min
Kit Yeast? or suggestion?

23 litres

I have some Cascade if that would be better also some cracked wheat???

I used to do something similair regularly in my kit days, 2 additions of cascade hops (IIRC, 15g @ 15mins, and 5g @ 5 mins). Never used wheat malt, and always used the kit yeast (the us05 version was **** IMO)

Will be interesting, let us all know how it goes please. :icon_cheers:

 

[benno1973]

Dude, I clicked on this link expecting something else and was severely disappointed...

Still while I'm here, this looks good. I love wheat malt, and I think it's actually 50/50 barley/wheat anyway. Adds a grainyness perfect for summer beers. Any beers really. I'd be tempted to add more late hops, but actually what you have is probably perfect for a summer beer - just a hint of flavour and aroma. Centennial and Amarillo are great together, save the Cascade for another time. And save the cracked wheat too I'd reckon.

Yeast suggestions... I can't comment on the kit yeast, but pretty much anything would work in this style. If you're stuck with dried yeasts, I'd be tempted to stay with 1056 or even Nottingham, as you want a nice dry attenuated beer. If you're using liquid yeasts, most American yeasts (1056, 1272, 1764) would be fine. A lager yeast would be great, but I don't really like any of the dried ones, so again it'd be a liquid yeast. Or even an highly attenuating english yeast - you might get a bit of fruit, but you will from the Amarillo and Centennial anyway, so it can work well.

Good luck!

 

[keifer33]

Recipe looks good but have you calculated the original gravity of this as there is nearly 2kg of fermentables so might not be a sessionable quaffer.

I will be making something similar this weekend as I've run out of time to do an Ag batch for Xmas as someone finished a keg when I wasn't looking.

 

[The Village Idiot]

I used to do something similair regularly in my kit days, 2 additions of cascade hops (IIRC, 15g @ 15mins, and 5g @ 5 mins). Never used wheat malt, and always used the kit yeast (the us05 version was **** IMO)

Will be interesting, let us all know how it goes please. :icon_cheers:

I agree about the US05.... when I have used it I seem to get very malty beer, maybe incomplete fermentation??

 

[The Village Idiot]

Recipe looks good but have you calculated the original gravity of this as there is nearly 2kg of fermentables so might not be a sessionable quaffer.

I will be making something similar this weekend as I've run out of time to do an Ag batch for Xmas as someone finished a keg when I wasn't looking.

Beersmith says 1.045 and 5.1%...... maybe cut it back a touch

 

[The Village Idiot]

Dude, I clicked on this link expecting something else and was severely disappointed...

Still while I'm here, this looks good. I love wheat malt, and I think it's actually 50/50 barley/wheat anyway. Adds a grainyness perfect for summer beers. Any beers really. I'd be tempted to add more late hops, but actually what you have is probably perfect for a summer beer - just a hint of flavour and aroma. Centennial and Amarillo are great together, save the Cascade for another time. And save the cracked wheat too I'd reckon.

Yeast suggestions... I can't comment on the kit yeast, but pretty much anything would work in this style. If you're stuck with dried yeasts, I'd be tempted to stay with 1056 or even Nottingham, as you want a nice dry attenuated beer. If you're using liquid yeasts, most American yeasts (1056, 1272, 1764) would be fine. A lager yeast would be great, but I don't really like any of the dried ones, so again it'd be a liquid yeast. Or even an highly attenuating english yeast - you might get a bit of fruit, but you will from the Amarillo and Centennial anyway, so it can work well.

Good luck!

Thanks..... and sorry to lead you up the garden path with the title I thought it looked about right....... will put it down tonight.

 

[The Village Idiot]

Wanting to clear the cupboard and thought this might be a reasonable summer quaffer????

Thoughts or suggestions please....

Canadian Blonde Kit
BE2
1kg Coopers Wheat Malt
10g Centennial boil for 30 min
10g Amarillo boiled for 5 min
Kit Yeast? or suggestion?

23 litres

I have some Cascade if that would be better also some cracked wheat???

Update on my blonde.... ended up with 800g of Liquid Wheat Malt and 12g and 12g, kit yeast, kegged yesterday and tastes very very quaffable although it should have a kick. Pushed some gas and waiting for it to settle a bit. :icon_cheers:

 

[The Village Idiot]

Hey _Wallace_

Ended up being a pretty fine brew....mummy even liked it....... on to the next recipe.

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

Hey _Wallace_

Ended up being a pretty fine brew....mummy even liked it....... on to the next recipe.

Send me the keg this way and i will be the judge.. h34r:



Glad it turned out great! Did you scrap the BE2 and just use the liquid wheat malt?