Blonde Ale

It's been a long time since I posted on here and I have been pretty busy making lots of beers. I haven't really blogged about anything I've made but I am going to start on a more regular basis.

Here is my first attempt at making my own blonde ale recipe.

Batch size: 11 gallons
IBU ~ 26
OG: 1.050 (Actual 1.040)
FG 1.010 (Actual 1.010)
12.5 lb 2-row Pale Malt
4 lb Pilsner Malt
2 lb Wheat Malt
1.54 lb Honey (15 min)
1.75 oz Mt Hood [6.1%] 60 min
0.75 oz Mt Hood [6.1%] 30 min
0.50 oz Mt Hood [6.1%] 0 min
Safale US-05

Look: Beer has a very sunset blonde colour. Small pillowey head.

Taste: Little too bitter and a bite on the palate, probably due to the low OG. Crisp and slight malt finish. Little or no honey taste.

Aroma: Little to no aroma. Hints of honey and wheat.

I am on the fence about this beer. It isn't bad, but not fantastic. It was a good first shot but I think the next time around I would lower the IBU. Also I would probably increase the pilsner malt and maybe substitute or remove the wheat malt. I'd like this beer to be more of a malty blonde.

Rating: 2 / 5