Imperial Blonde Homebrew Recipe and Review – BiaB / No Chill

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You may recall a recent video where we fermented a 7.8% Imperial Blonde with the new White Labs Pure Pitch Next Generation. We were surprised that the one pack of yeast not only fermented this beer so well, but that it did so quickly. If you don’t remember, you can find that video here:
https://youtu.be/KeZWepary_Q

The beer came out really nice. Of course, being an imperial, it has a little more body. It’s basically just 2 row and Crystal 20, with cascade hops at 60 minutes, 15 minutes, and flame out. Fermented with California Ale yeast. OG of 1.070 and a FG of 1.012. It doesn’t taste like an almost 8% ABV.
It’s malty, slightly sweet, with a dryish finish. It has a grapefruit aroma and flavor, but it doesn’t drown out the malt.
You can find the recipe here if you’d like to give it a try.

https://cobrewtalk.com/imperial-blonde-homebrew-recipe—all-grain-biab-no-chill

The yeast was a donation from Fermentations, who reached out to White Labs, and white labs was kind enough to send us some T-Shirts, hats, and some other really cool stuff! What a deal 😊 Big thank you to both Fermentations and White Labs!

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