NCB "ICBINL" Gold medal recipe

[Will_D]

Here is John's Gold medal winning recipe:

Recipe: Johns Blonde Ale

Brewer: John
Asst Brewer:
Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0) Lovely light on the palette ale with the colour or a wit and lovely aroma.

The girls and light larger drinkers love it.



Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 32.00 l
Post Boil Volume: 26.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 l 
Bottling Volume: 19.00 l

Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 5.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 20.0 IBUs

Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 89.3 %

Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU       
4.00 kg               Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC)            Grain         1        87.9 %       
0.30 kg               Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)             Grain         2        6.6 %         
0.25 kg               Vienna Malt (6.9 EBC)                    Grain         3        5.5 %       

7.50 g                Magnum [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           4        9.1 IBUs     
5.00 g                Magnum [12.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min         Hop           5        4.7 IBUs     
15.00 g               Ahtanum [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min         Hop           6        3.3 IBUs     
15.00 g               Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Boil 15.0   Hop           7        3.0 IBUs     

1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins)        Fining        8        -           

1.1 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         9        -           



Mash Schedule: Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Medium Body

Total Grain Weight: 4.55 kg

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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time             

Saccharification  Add 25.27 l of water at 73.4 C          66.7 C        60 min                 
Mash Out          Heat to 75.6 C over 10 min              75.6 C        10 min                 

Sparge: Fly sparge with 12.29 l water at 75.6 C

[Qs]

When is the Hallertauer Hersbrucker addition?

[Will_D]

When is the Hallertauer Hersbrucker addition?

Its boil 15 mins Q.

Have edited thge OP

Well spotted.

The judges really were impressed by this recipe. If any one brews up a batch let us know.

[irish_goat]

What score did it get?

[Qs]

Thanks Will. I've been toying around with a HH blonde recipe myself. Gonna try this subbing something different for the Ahtanum. Maybe Willamette.