Dumber & Dumber Blonde Ale

[Spikesdad]

Hi folks.

Getting this underway in 5 -10 mins.



More of a summer drink, i suppose, but our lass likes this type of beer, lightly hopped, like lager, but with taste

Yeast will be US-05

Right, onwards an upwards.. Hlt not even filled yet..

Pics to follow if....

A) I can find camera
B) Batteries aint dead
C) I get the time
D) I can be ars*d

Cheers, Dave

[Spikesdad]

Dumb & Dumb i really am . Have had to substitute Pale Crystal for Caramalt, simply because i mis-read label on bag of malt yesterday, I really wanted that nice sweetness of pale crystal in there, but caramalt should add a bit of body. Oh well!!

So amended recipe is...



A few pics to be going on with


Brewers assistant guarding copper with his life. One false move an he'll have your arm off!!!


Obligatory grain shot...


... and doughed in.


slightly over target of 66 C

Thats all for now folks, off to weigh out some hops

[Goulders]

I thought caramalt and pale crystal were one and the same...obviously not. Nice pics and good looking recipe - enjoy your brewday!

[Spikesdad]

I thought caramalt and pale crystal were one and the same...obviously not

I think, and i stand to be corrected here, that pale crystal gives a more sweeter flavour, and gives more colour to the brew than caramalt, which gives a 'crystal malt flavour', but with less colour.

Nice pics and good looking recipe - enjoy your brewday!

Cheers, goulders, so far so good, but lets not temp fate

heres a few more, just in case no ones seen sparging an boiling before


Sparge underway


nearly to the boil...


... and away she goes.


And bittering hops in for 60 min

will try an get a couple more pics in if batteries in camera dont die on me first.

[jimp2003]

Nice pics Spikesdad. I like the shiny set-up - those mashmaster thermometers look the business.

Lovely looking recipe too - as soon as I read it my thoughts were "Yep! That'll do nicely."

Hope it turns out well for you.

Cheers!

Jim

[Spikesdad]

Nice pics Spikesdad. I like the shiny set-up - those mashmaster thermometers look the business.

Lovely looking recipe too - as soon as I read it my thoughts were "Yep! That'll do nicely."

Hope it turns out well for you.

Cheers!

Jim

Thanks jimp, alls gone well thanks, pitched yeast at 1.55, an got all cleaned up, and tidied away for 2.10, so thats just a 6 hour brewday, inc a 25 min steep of the Cascade, which is about right for me.

Anyroad, got some more pics before camera died.



First Gold aroma hops, and chiller in.


Into FV...


...with a fairly clear run off.


Hard to tell, but it was 1.042 on the dot.

Collected target of 23L, @ 1.042 which means i hit my efficiency target of 77%, no mishaps, no floods, droppages, breakages, etc, so well happy.