Award Winning American Blonde Ale All-Grain Recipe

[@Daigunful]

most underrated youtube channel about brewing. keep up the great work!

[@MeanBrews]

Appreciate that

[@Invalido99]

Thank you so much for doing these videos. I feel like every time I'm curios about a style and start researching recipes, one of your videos pops up just in time!

[@johno8418]

Enjoying this recipe now as I type this note. It's been in the keg for one month and it's just a really enjoyable beer. If you're considering brewing a blonde ale I don't think you can go wrong with this recipe. I have the strong bitter recipe brewed with double roasted crystal conditioning now, really looking forward to trying it. Cheers!

[@MeanBrews]

Its a winner for sure! Gold at Bluebonnet brew off this year.

[@bigjplay]

I really appreciate all the work you put in for these videos. I really enjoy them, and this one was great! I do like a good American Blonde.

[@MeanBrews]

Thanks!

[@jcbrews4fun]

great video, perfect analysis of all aspects of the beer. do you have the specific poundage for each of the grains for this brew. maybe I missed them in the video.

[@MeanBrews]

Nope. My recipes use percentages so you can tailor to your system

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

It’s almost time for blonde ale drinking weather in my parts, may have to brew this one up! Cheers 🍻

[@AM2PMReviews]

Makes stats fun again. Take what has already won and work from there.

[@dalejoy193]

A few question for you. Do you mash out, add yeast nutrients and flock to your brews? I have been adding to mine and it is the only thing I do that is not mentioned in your recipes. Great job as always, Cheers.

[@MeanBrews]

good questions. I usually do 10-15 minute mashout. I always add yeast nutrient and my preferred nutrient is wyeast nutrient. I use Irish Moss on most my beers except the ones that are supposed to be hazy (Wit, weizen, and Hazy IPA)

[@dalejoy193]

@@MeanBrews Thanks for your time to reply.

[@kjokkakim]

Awesome recipe. I'll definitely use this as my base for an American Blonde. Due to my freezer being full I'll most likely use some varieties I already have. Most likely Cluster for bittering and Barbe Rouge as aromahop. Btw the Lallemand Pitching rate calculator says 11.1g for a 5 gallon batch with 1.047 OG. And they seem a bit conservative. I would just use 1 package. No need to overpitch.

[@MeanBrews]

I almost always overpitch, especially if i don' t know the yeast count. Pro pitching rates when I do.

[@kjokkakim]

@@MeanBrews Lallemand Pitching rate calculator is great, just follow the rates given and you'll be good. I suspect Lallemand have control on the cells count 😁. But on the sidenote some yeasts, most notably some Belgians, Weizen and Kveiks yeasts will flourish when underpitched.