Blonde Ale Recipe - Vanilla Coffee Blonde Ale

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Vanilla Coffee Blonde Ale

by on
All Grain
3.25 Gallon(s)
5.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
65%
Vanilla Blonde Ale with coffee. My wife had some Vanilla Cream Ale with coffee at a brewery and requested I try making one so here it is. It does not really qualify as a cream ale but fits into more of a blonde ale. I utilized hops that I had left over. Going for a beer with some sweetness.

Fermentables

20% - 2-Row - US
1.3
37
1
Mash
45% - 6-Row - US
3
35
2
Mash
9% - Caramel/Crystal 40 - US
0.6
35
40
Mash
9% - Flaked Corn - US
0.6
37
1
Mash
9% - Wheat - US
0.6
39
1
Mash
5% - Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US
0.3
33
1
Mash
3% - Lactose - Milk Sugar - US
0.2
41
1
Late

Hops

Liberty
0.3
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
4
7.1
Cascade
0.3
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5.8
10.3
Hallertau
0.2
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
4.5
1.9
Saaz
0.3
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
3.8
1.3

Yeast

Fermentis Safale S-04
75%

Other Stuff

Vanilla Bean
3.7143
each
Boil
Whirlfloc
0.619
each
Boil
Coffee ground or bean
2.4762
oz
Secondary
Vanilla Extract
1.2381
oz
Secondary

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
155
60 min

Special Instructions

1.
My pot boils off about 1.5 gallon per hour so gather up 5.5 gallon for the boil.
2.
Add hops as indicated.
3.
At last 15 minutes add whirloc, vanilla beans and lactose.
4.
Once beer has gone to secondary add coffee and vanilla extract, adjust to taste, check every couple days and rack off coffee grains when coffee taste has reached desired level.
5.
Coffee addition suggestion is to add during cold crash of wort, in my case I am using ground coffee. additional coffee or vanilla can be added prior to kegging or bottling.

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Recipe Facts

Vanilla Coffee Blonde Ale
Blonde Ale
  • 3.25 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.048 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 20.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.43 BG:GU
  • 7.4° SRM Color
  • 65% Efficiency
  • 4.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 161 per 12oz Calories
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Blonde Ale

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.038-1.054 / Your OG: 1.048
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.013 / Your FG: 1.012
IBU 0
120
IBU: 15-28 / Your IBU: 21
SRM 0
40
SRM: 3-6 / Your SRM: 7.4
ABV 0
14
ABV: 3.8-5.5 / Your ABV: 4.7
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.28-0.74 / Your BG:GU: 0.43

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