Belgian Blonde Ale

Finally had a change to brew this up, picked it up from Northern Brewer,  this crisp monastic session brew is made in the tradition of an Abbey Enkel (aka “Single,” but you might also know it as “Blonde," "5," or "6"). Twisted Enkel is light-bodied and straw colored, with a modest alcohol content and judicious hopping that makes it equally suitable for handing out to pilgrims staying outside your cloister or for general thirst-quenching duty on a hot day. A small finishing addition of Saaz hops lends a subtle floral character, while Wyeast's Canada/Belgium ale yeast brings bready and fruity flavor and a light pear aroma to the glass.

0.75 lbs Belgian Cara 8

0.25 lbs Biscuit Malt

3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
2 lbs Pilsen DME

1 oz Hersbrucker (60 min)

0.5 oz Saaz (60 min)

0.5 oz Saaz (5 min)

WYEAST 3864 Canadian /Belgian Ale.

you can already see it bubbling away, the one behind is the Patersbier.

Bottles this up Saturday night, looked real good, wort tasted great, can't wait to try this one. Going to make a labels for this one. One label for the poll winner and one for Makayla, we'll call that Makayla Blonde.

Picked up a set of Sam Adams beer glasses at Total Wine this week, figure I'd break them in when I crack open this batch, right now it's going to be called both Twisted Blonde (poll winner) and Makayla Blonde.

This came out pretty good, as clear as  I can probably get it since I am doing Partial Boils, it had a decent body to it, finished nice and dry also, I will definitely be brewing this up again, maybe soon. I'll definitely be drinking a few more tonight :)

Finally had a chance to make the Twisted Blonde label, should have the Makayla Blonde label up soon.

This was actually the other Twisted Blonde label I made, came out alright but decided against it, should have used a pic of Courtney Love or something lol..

Patersbier

"Made only from pilsner malt, hops, and yeast, the complexity that results from these simple ingredients is staggering: perfumey floral hops, ripe pear fruit, sour apple, spicy cloves, candied citrus and a slight biscuit character on the drying finish ... a monks' session beer. "

Nothing explains a Patersbier better than that last line, "a monk's session beer" lol, if a monk's gonna have a few beers this is what he's going to have. A Patersbier is a Belgain Ale, a session beer.

0.5 lbs CaraPils
1 oz Tradition hops (60 min)
0.5 oz Saaz hops (10 min)
6 lbs Pilsen malt extract syrup
Wyeast 3787 Trappist

Yup, you guessed it, another beer for our Lawnmower Series.


I was able to create the label at http://www.beerlabelizer.com/ , it's a great new site for beer labels, one of the guys from HBT created it.

Bottled this tonight, started at 10:30 didn't finish cleaning up til 2:00 AM, only able to get 48 bottles from this batch, had hoped on 50-54 but can't complain.   Everything went according to plan from the priming sugar to bottling, real smooth. Had a Hopfish IPA and a 220z Arrogant Bastard (first one) while bottling, that helped the process along some lol..

Well as you can see by the pics below, this came out better than advertised lol..Good body and mouthfeel, went down real easy, great lawnmower beer to add to our Lawnmower Series, or Summerfest brews. I also edited the label a little.