Blonde ale MK1

[ardonthorn5]

Revered some ingredients for a simple blonde ale to use some homegrown mt hood hops. The recipe consists of:

9lbs golden promis
.5lbs carapils
1oz mt hood to bitter
An undetermined amount of whole leaf hops at the end of the boil
Wyeast northwest ale yeast.


Any thoughts?

 

[DannPM]

Looks good bro. I'd keep it simple, light, and noble for late additions if it was me. A super hoppy blonde would be interesting as well.

It's a pretty neutral yeast. What do you want to emphasize?

 

[ardonthorn5]

Mainly looking to get a good look at golden promise and the mt hoods. Pumped about using my backyard hops in this one.

 

[DannPM]

If that's what your after I'd drop the carapils (mash a little higher to get the same effect) and just do a Golden Promise and Mt. Hood SMASH. Wyeast NW Ale is neutral enough for that IMO.

 

[ardonthorn5]

The carapils is already mixed in..... Thought about just smashing it prior to my order. I've never used the northwest yeast. A whole lot of new in this brew for me as far as ingredients.