Monday, May 26, 2014

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Up next: Citra Blonde

it still needs a name, but this summer blonde/session ale should have high citrusy notes.  It is styled after Widmer Bros' Citra Blonde

Citra Blonde
an All Grain, Blonde Ale by buriedcastle

Fermentables
Efficiency: 75.0 % Batch size: 5.5 gal
Fermentable
Amount
Use
PPG
Color
Pale Ale (US)
8.5 lb
89 %
Mash
37
3  °L
Caramel/Crystal 10L (US)
1.0 lb
10 %
Mash
35
10  °L

Hops
Boil time: 60 min
Hop
Amount
Time
Use
Form
AA
Warrior (US)
0.2   oz
40  min
Boil
Pellet
16.0%
Columbus (US)
0.1   oz
30  min
Boil
Pellet
15.0%
Citra (US)
0.2   oz
10  min
Boil
Pellet
13.7%
Citra (US)
0.2   oz
5  min
Boil
Pellet
13.7%
Citra (US)
0.5   oz
5  days
Dry Hop
Pellet
13.7%

Yeasts
Name
Lab/Product
Average Attenuation
American Wheat
Wyeast 1010
76.0%

Extras
Name
Amount
Time
Use
Whirlfloc Tablet
1.0 each
19.0 min
Boil

Fermentation
Primary 21 days Secondary 0 days Conditioning 14 days
Grain to Glass 35 days

Predicted Stats
1.048 OG - 1.011 FG - 18 IBU - 4.7% ABV – 5 SRM - 0.39 IBU/OG