I took a long break from brewing to totally remake the cold side in my brewery and move to conicals. For this I build a glycol loop which I thought would take a month or two but ended up taking four :). For the first beer on the new conicals I wanted to do something really simple and light to pick up on any flaws. Also, I had won a bunch of ingredients this year including a 50+ lb sack of Cargill 2 row and 2 pounds of Loral hops. Seemed like a good time to do a SMASH of those two and do a Blonde but with Session IPA level hopping of just Loral.
Recipe Info
Recipe: blonde 3v 1
Style: Blonde Ale 18A BJCP 2015
Date: 09-10-2018
| Recipe | Guideline Min | Guideline Max | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OG | 1.051 | 1.038 | 1.054 |
| FG | 1.011 | 1.008 | 1.013 |
| Color | 3.7 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| ABV | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| IBU | 34.0 | 15.0 | 28.0 |
Brewery Info
Efficiency: 72 %
Attenuation: 78 %
Mash Info
Weight: 19.0 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 7.94 G
Volume: 9.46 G
Temp: 150.0 F
Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.044
Predicted Mash Run-off: 6.23 G
Target Starting Boil Volume: 11.5 G
Boil Duration: 60 min
Evaporation Rate: 1.5 G per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 10.0 G
Fermentables
| Weight | % by Weight | Name | Yield | SRM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.000 Lb | 100.0 % | Pale Malt – 2 Row (Cargill) | 80.0 | 2.0 |
Hops
| Weight | Name | AAU | Time | Use | IBUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 Oz | Loral | 11.0 | 60 mins | Boil | 11.0 |
| 1.5 Oz | Loral | 11.0 | 10 mins | Boil | 12.0 |
| 2.0 Oz | Loral | 11.0 | 15 mins | Aroma | 11.0 |
| 2.0 Oz | Loral | 11.0 | 3.0 days | Dry Hop | 0.0 |
Yeast
| Amount | Name |
|---|---|
| 1.000 unit | Wyeast 1318 London Ale III |
Misc
| Amount | Name | Time | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.500 tsp | Yeast Nutrient (Wyeast) | 10 mins | Boil |
Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.49
| Ca | Mg | Na | Cl | So | Bicarbonate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | 7 | 3 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 30 |
| Mash | 61 | 3 | 21 | 30 | 153 | 30 |
| Sparge | 68 | 3 | 21 | 30 | 171 | 30 |
| Final | 97 | 4 | 32 | 45 | 242 | 45 |
| Target | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Target Profile Name: standard
Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 30.284 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 8.000 G
Mash Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 7.0 g
Lactic Acid: 5.0 ml @ 88.000 %
Sparge Water
Leftover Mash Water Used: Yes
Total Water Treated: 7.000 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 7.000 G
Sparge Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 7.0 g
Notes
Pitch at 67 and hold for 3 days. Raise 1 degree a day to 73 and hold through 2 weeks.
Collect yeast
Dry hop for 3 days
Cold crash
Drop hops
Rack to keg and carb to 2.5 vol
9/17/18 1.1L 110g DME starter of yeast 1318 London ale III
9/18/18 normal 3V brewery but used new conical for first time. No issues.
pitched @ 2:45 pm
9/19/18 @ 6am strong bubbling
9/20/18 steady bubbling
9/21/18 strong bubbling
9/22/18 ~7 sec raised to 68F
9/23/18 ~13 sec raised to 69F in morning and 70F in evening
9/27/18 very limited bubbling
10/2/18 plan was to harvest yeast for next beer but I ran off yeast using block and blow and I dumped waiting for yeast to go creamy and next thing I now I’m dropping beer. likely b/c I had not cold crashed and I dropped a bunch of yeast. dry hopped
10/5/18 set temp to 35F for cold crash
10/8/18 dropped trubb. wanted to rack to but immediately clogged dip tube. purged racking can but checked with brewery friends and said the cold crash for 2 days, dump the trub, then crash for another 2 days, then dump trub as well as racking arm and if that looks clean then they rack to keg otherwise wait 2 more days and repeat until it looks good but rarely more than 4-6 days total.
10/10/18 dropped bottom valve again and lots o trub. thick. ran off racking arm valve. pretty clean so racked to keg @ 3 psi with no issue. got a full 5 gallons which I was able to gauge by just looking at the condensation on the outside of the keg. ran off the rest from racking valve and had just under a gallon. beer seems good. a hair of rubber in the nose? we will see. put in keezer @ 30 psi for 24 hours then dropped to 12 psi and put on draft
10/16/18 tasted good. very hazy. not a loral fan. very floral and boring.
10/21/18 well made beer with no issues. kinda boring. Cargill 2 row really has very little flavor. loral’s description of “super noble” is kinda right. herbal but also has some berry notes and big floral / rose / geranial notes. berry could be from the London ale III. really nice frothy head. still very hazy even after being on draft for a few weeks. definitely looks like a hazy IPA. gypsum character is good. right where I would want it for a German pils. verdict -> Cargill 2 row is fine if you want a totally blank canvas. not good for single malt beer. loral is not great. wouldn’t use it again. London ale III is great for hazy IPA. I don’t like it otherwise. its ester character is not to my liking. too much berry notes.