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AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:29 am
by WishboneBrewery
Vienna Blonde fair enough, this is not a Vienna lager recipe but I'm after an easy drinking beer for Christmas which anyone can drink. All German hops and done with subtlety, used the Mild Water profile from THBF Liquor Treatment Calculator to give it a healthy dose of Chloride.

Fermentables:
Lager Malt - 80%
Carapils (Weyermann) - 10%
Vienna Malt - 10%

Hops:
Magnum - 12.7 % @ 60 mins - 13g (FWH)
Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 3.0 % @ 5 mins - 23g
Tettnang - 3.8 % @ 5 mins - 23g

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.037
Final Gravity: 1.009
Alcohol Content: 3.6% ABV
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 20 EBU
Colour: 4 EBC
Mash: 60mins, Aimed for 69c and got 68c
Yeast: Safale us-05

The tiny amount of First wort hops:
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This was the Mash pH:
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A restrained amount of late hops:
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The OG pre-liquorback:
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AG#108 - Vienna Blonde, 1043.5 before liquorback, Going for 1037 by pdtnc, on Flickr
After liquoring back I had around 24 litres.

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:03 am
by leedsbrew
looks good man!

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:06 am
by barney
Never Seen Such hop Restraint!

That looks a delicious wort.

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:07 am
by WishboneBrewery
you on homebrew catch-up? :)

I'll add that this was down to 1011.5 yesterday, hopefully not go past 1009 on the recipe.

I was very restrained, tastes good though :)

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:11 am
by barney
I Most certainly am; Didnt brew over summer. No Infections and no beer thrown away. :) Currently brewing next years stuff. LOL.

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:52 am
by alix101
Looks great. .. Did you consider more Vienna. ..I looked at the title and thought Negra Madelo ale ....now the boys on to something. :D

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:18 am
by WishboneBrewery
I did consider more Vienna, but this is a Blonde and I'm keeping things light, I've never heard of Negra Madelo.
Has finished fermenting at 1008.5, pretty much bang on target.

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:08 am
by alix101
Probably my spelling :oops: ...Nagra modelo.... its one of the few examples of a Vienna larger.. It's Mexican but was a European style but I'm sure with a Kolsch yeast it would be great its 80/100% Vienna malt. ..

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:03 pm
by WishboneBrewery
sounds good.

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:07 pm
by orlando
Did you intend a pH of 6?

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:22 pm
by leedsbrew
orlando wrote:Did you intend a pH of 6?
Am I missing something? That looks like about 5.3/5.4 to me!

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:25 pm
by orlando
leedsbrew wrote:
orlando wrote:Did you intend a pH of 6?
Am I missing something? That looks like about 5.3/5.4 to me!
No, just me forgetting how you read strips #-o

Re: AG#108 - Vienna Blonde

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:13 pm
by WishboneBrewery
:)