Monday, June 9, 2008

Brewing Notes, Honey Blonde Ale (Sun 08jun2008)

Brewed another summer time easy drinkin beer yesterday. The recipe was:

6.0 lbs Gold LME
1 oz. Mt. Hood hops, 5.2 % AA (63 min)
1.0 lbs. N.C. Raw Tupelo Honey (3 min)

Pitched 1 packet of rehydrated Safale S-05 dry yeast (clean american ale) into 69F wort at 2:00 PM.

I added the honey late to maximize its flavor, but wanted to at least approximate a boil before taking it off the heat for sanitation reasons (took 3 minutes). I used the hot wort to liquidize the honey so it would pour out.

I'm expecting this one to ferment out fairly dry due to the lack of steeping grains and the addition of honey. Hopefully will be good to drink in the 100 + degree weather we've had lately.

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