Leffe Blonde brewing temp

[melbourne man]

i just put down a leffe blonde with the following recipe

1.5kg can muntons premium lager
1kg light dry malt extract
0.5kg dextrose
12g saaz hop pellets boiled for 10mins
SAFale S-04

filled to 21L

O.G - 1046

the book says to brew at 10-15 degrees do you think that the recipe was meant to say SAF lager yeast?

with this yeast be allright and is my hop selection allright?

do you think this will be a good brew if i brew it at 20 degrees?

[lethaldog]

i just put down a leffe blonde with the following recipe

1.5kg can muntons premium lager
1kg light dry malt extract
0.5kg dextrose
12g saaz hop pellets boiled for 10mins
SAFale S-04

filled to 21L

O.G - 1046

the book says to brew at 10-15 degrees do you think that the recipe was meant to say SAF lager yeast?

with this yeast be allright and is my hop selection allright?

do you think this will be a good brew if i brew it at 20 degrees?

If it says 10-15*C then they would have deffinately meant saflager, safale is best between 18-22*C but can brew higher, apparently doesnt do to well under 15 though, everything else sounds good and as long as you stick to the specific yeast temps it should be fine

[melbourne man]

i won't taste anything like leffe blonde will it?
but it should still taste good

[lethaldog]

It should be great

[lethaldog]

Just to add mm i have this exact same recipe on a brewcraft panphlet and it says to use safale K-97 but says nothing bout keeping below 15 so id go with the safale and it will turn out great, dont expect these recipes to be exact clones but ive done a few others from the brewcraft sheet and they are pretty close, deffinately the same style and very drinkable beers, if you like the leffe then you will be very happy with this one

[MrDave]

i just put down a leffe blonde with the following recipe

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Just to add mm i have this exact same recipe on a brewcraft panphlet and it says to use safale K-97 but says nothing bout keeping below 15 so id go with the safale and it will turn out great, dont expect these recipes to be exact clones but ive done a few others from the brewcraft sheet and they are pretty close, deffinately the same style and very drinkable beers, if you like the leffe then you will be very happy with this one

Just been using the K-97. Its a pretty slow fermenter at low temps.
Either pitch a big starter and keep the temps low and be patient or ferment somewhere close to 20 degrees.
This link to the Bodensatz Brewing site suggests that you really do want to keep S-04 fermenting on the cooler side to avoid too much esterification.
Having said that... Leffe Blonde is quite estery.

Melbourne Man, take detailed notes and report back when you're done

[drtom]

If you're trying to emulate a Belgian, then you probably want to brew warm, since that way you get more of an ester profile which is in-style for most of the Belgians.

IIRC from browsing around the net (so it must be true), it's not uncommon for Belgian ales to be brewed in the mid to high twenties.

T.

[melbourne man]

i'm not fussed what style it is as long as it tastes good.
i'll probably brew at about 19 - 21 degrees

[chris.]

i'm not fussed what style it is as long as it tastes good.

Then why call it 'Leffe Blonde'?

[melbourne man]

Because this is the recipe I "tried" to make.

[melbourne man]

i am going to make a ginger beer next. could i use the same yeast by taking out a sterilized jar full, washing the fermenter and putting on the next batch then pouring in the jar of yeast or would i get some funky flavours?

[NTRabbit]

Dry yeast sachets are so cheap that its really false economy to try repitching onto a used yeast bed, especially when brewing something completely different. You might want to try using an EC-1118 yeast sachet for a Ginger Ale.

[erik]

Melbourne Man,
How did the Leffe Blonde recipe turn out. Thinking about follow the same.

Erik

[yardglass]

Dry yeast sachets are so cheap that its really false economy to try repitching onto a used yeast bed, especially when brewing something completely different. You might want to try using an EC-1118 yeast sachet for a Ginger Ale.

I'm with NTR, definitely pitch the Champagne Yeast for the GB.

[melbourne man]

the leffe blonde isn't really like a leffe blonde but is still good. it is a strong flavoured beer and it has a bitter after taste.