Girly Berry Blonde Ale
Brewed: 04/22/2010 Kegged: 05/16/2010
 Well, Mr. Beer has a recipe called
Mountain Raspberry, which I ordered to make a Fruity Beer for my
beautiful beer model to be ready to drink on Mother's Day. As it
turned out, neither my Beer Model nor I really cared for the
raspberry in the beer. But, I could not help but think that the
"real" beer taste wanted to come through and make this a great beer.
So, I decided to make this recipe without any
raspberry. I am still calling it Girly Berry as a sort of
inside joke. My original plan was to make exactly the same beer
minus the raspberries, but when I finally got around to making the
recipe, I decided to change it up some based on ingredients I had at
hand.
And... as expected, it turned out much better than the version with
the fruit in it. The comination of Saaz and Perle hops along with
whatever hops are used in the
Mr. Beer High Country Canadian Draft and the fermentation a bit on
the high side with the Mr. Beer yeast actually yields an almost fruity
tasting profile. My wife even said it had just the right amount of
raspberry. Turned out good enough that I will probably make this
again and maybe several more times. This will probably be a
regular in my lineup especially in the spring and summer.
| Girly Berry Batch 3 --- cost $24.21 |
| Style |
|
Blonde Ale |
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Batch Size |
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2.40 gal |
| Type |
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Extract |
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Boil Size |
|
1.31 gal |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity |
|
1.055 SG |
|
Estimated FG |
|
1.016 SG |
| Recipe Bitterness |
|
29.0 IBU (Rager) |
|
Alcohol by Volume |
|
5.10 % |
| BU : GU |
|
0.527 |
|
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| Recipe Color |
|
5.0 SRM |
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| Measured OG: |
|
1.058 |
|
Measured FG: |
|
1.013 |
| ADF: |
|
77.6% |
|
Measured ABV: |
|
5.9% |
Ingredients
| Amount |
Item |
Type |
% or IBU |
| 1 lbs 3.4 oz |
Mr. Beer HCCD HME (5.0 SRM) |
Extract |
32.97 % |
| 1 lbs 3.4 oz |
Mr. Beer Pale Export UME (5.0 SRM) |
Extract |
32.97 % |
| 12.0 oz |
Briess Pilsen Light LME (2.0 SRM) |
Extract |
20.44 % |
| 0.50 oz |
Pearle [7.50 %] (20 min) |
Hops |
11.8 IBU |
| 0.50 oz |
Saaz [2.60 %] (15 min) |
Hops |
3.2 IBU |
| 0.13 oz |
Saaz [2.60 %] (5 min) |
Hops |
0.5 IBU |
| 0.22 tsp |
Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) |
Misc |
|
| 0.22 tsp |
Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) |
Misc |
|
| 8.0 oz |
Honey (1.0 SRM) |
Sugar |
13.62 % |
| 3 Pkgs |
Mr. Beer Dry Yeast (Mr. Beer #MrB01) |
Yeast-Ale |
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