Girly Berry Blonde Ale

Well, Mr. Beer has a recipe called Mountain Raspberry, which I ordered to make a Fruity Beer for my beautiful beer model to be ready to drink on Mother's Day.  As it turned out, neither my Beer Model nor I really cared for the raspberry in the beer.  But, I could not help but think that the "real" beer taste wanted to come through and make this a great beer.  So, I decided to make this recipe without any raspberry.  I am still calling it Girly Berry as a sort of inside joke.  My original plan was to make exactly the same beer minus the raspberries, but when I finally got around to making the recipe, I decided to change it up some based on ingredients I had at hand.

And... as expected, it turned out much better than the version with the fruit in it.  The comination of Saaz and Perle hops along with whatever hops are used in the Mr. Beer High Country Canadian Draft and the fermentation a bit on the high side with the Mr. Beer yeast actually yields an almost fruity tasting profile.  My wife even said it had just the right amount of raspberry.  Turned out good enough that I will probably make this again and maybe several more times.  This will probably be a regular in my lineup especially in the spring and summer.

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