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
When is the Hallertauer Hersbrucker addition?
Quote from: Qs on August 25, 2014, 11:53:32 AM
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.
What score did it get?
Thanks Will. I've been toying around with a HH blonde recipe myself. Gonna try this subbing something different for the Ahtanum. Maybe Willamette.