Brewing up a blonde

 It was possibly the last nice day of the summer (or the first nice weekend of the fall) and I had to brew SOMETHING since the DCRC Stout had to be put on hold due to raspberry-related issues — It’s technical. So I looked at my in-house stock of grains, extracts and other fun fermentables to see what I could brew with the ingredients at hand. I wanted to brew something without too much prep time and that wouldn’t take over my entire day — an off-the-cuff, seat-of-the-pants creation.

I had some grains: Belgian Special B, Crystal Malt and Roasted Barley but I wanted to brew something light — I turned to an extract-only solution, a modified PIlsner was the initial idea but I think it’s style is more like a Blonde with very mild use of hops and some orange peel and coriander to give it a Belgian twist. The beer is in the bottle and should be ready in about a week or two — I think this batch yielded 48 12 oz bottles and 3 or 4 20 oz ‘bombers’.

 Keeping an eye on the wort to stop boil over requires cold beer and a Cohiba Corona.