I'm thinking of doing something similar. I have just posted in relation to a diet beer. good luck I'd like to hear how it goes. like my beer but don't like my gut. with my diet beer, i didn't ad the kilo of sugar product and added and extra half kilo of malt.
Danzar wrote:Ok, I'm having a go at my own recipe for a Blonde Beer. I have no idea what I'm doing but you gotta start somewhere.
I'll post my ingredients first before I put this down tomorrow. Welcome your initial thoughts. This is a K & K recipe.
1 can Muntons Blonde Beer
1.5kg Coopers Liquid Wheat Malt extract
150g wheat dry malt
125gram Carapils grain, steeped for 30 minutes
Hallertau hops - 12grams
Muntons gold premium yeast - 6g. This is an ale yeast. I think it's along the lines of the US56.
I've added the dry wheat malt for a bit more head retention.
Views? I was even thinking of adding a just a bit of lime zest.
THINKING IS THE HARDEST WORK THERE IS. THAT IS WHY SO FEW PEOPLE ENGAGE IN IT!
Just did last night. I usually crack the last bottle that was bottled after a week as it carbs quickly.
It was lovely. Super creamy and I managed to strip out the excessive fruit that you get with the Muntons Blonde while retaining some of its distinctive flavour (I think I took too much out).
And it turned out super creamy.
The only issue that I have is that there's no single tase that stands out.
I need to change the hop profile, noting that I did exactly what I stated in my recipe with one change - I added 14g of Cascade three days after fermention started (60 min boil).
I'll try the Hall hops that Ahutchy suggested. Can anyone suggest a new hop profile for this beer?
The Muntons is FRUITY. I used dry malt, liquid malt and added the carapils purely to get a creamier beer with better head retention.
I want to retain this creaminess but let some of the fruit back through while achieving a nice level of bitterness.