Wild Rice Summer Blonde Ale

Source: Karl Zensen
Recipe added: 03/28/00
Email: zensenk@hsc.edu

This is a bastardization of Wild Rice Blonde Ale, but mine is better. This is fine beer after 3 weeks in bottle but does is even better after 4+ usually gone by then though...The original recipe called for cascade finishing hops and i went with Mt. Hood because it is less bitter to let the flavor of the malt and rice come through. Possibly improved flavor with some cold conditioning

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Starting Gravity:
Finishing Gravity:
Time in Boil: 45 min
Primary Fermentation: 8 days
Secondary Fermentation: 3 days
Additional Fermentation: 3-4 weeks in bottle

Ingredients:

1/2 lb Wild Rice
4 lb Alexanders Pale Malt Extract
3 lb Extra Light malt extract (DME)
1.5 oz (42 g) Kent Goldins hops 6.5% alpha
.5 oz (14 g) Mt Hood hops 4.0% alpha
15g Cooper's ale yeast

Procedure:

steep rice in 1.5 gal for 30 min or until 150 F, remove rice. I used cheesecloth. When boil commences add malt, wait for boil to begin again and add 1.5 oz Goldings and boil for 43 min. Add Mt Hood hops for final 2 min of boil. Pour into fermenter. Transfer into secondary, let settle for a couple of days and bottle.

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