Dizzy Blonde - lots of pics!

[GeordieBrewer]

Following my success with Sazzy Blonde last year, decided to come up with something simialar - a heavily hopped, strong pale with a lemony and limey twist - this is what I ended up with.... Wanted to take the opportunity of the cold weather to use S23 again!



Started off with a 30 minute boil of filtered water with 3ml CRS, 5g Gypsum and 3g Epsom

Grain Bill weighed - an additional 5g Gypsum added

Mash Liquor to 71C and grain doughed in, temperature dropped to 67C

Mashed out a 66C

Collected first runnings in a pan, reheated to 80C and reintroduced into top of mash tun

Sparged down to 1012

Collected 27 litres with a pre-boil gravity of 1042

Good rolling boil going fo 90 minutes, late boil hops and Irish Moss added 10 minutes before and of boil

Getting the wort cooler ready - late boil hops left in for 10 minutes during cooling

Aerating and transfering to fermenter - 19 litres collected at 1062

Good cold break, settling out nicely

After first 12 hours, temperature seems to be in the right range - ambient garage temperature is 8C, and it's holding it's own at around 12C