About this beer

An attempt to recreate one of my favourite commercial beers: Grimbergen Blonde. As an experiment, 10 mL of brewed Earl Grey tea was added to three bottles.

Brew facts

Batch

#3

Batch size

20 L (40 bottles)

Bottled

2026-06-03

Ingredients

• Light Malt Extract (Pilsner) 2.9 kg
• Glucose 500 g
• Lubelski Hops 40 g
• SafAle BE-256 yeast 11.5 g

Mashing

Brewed using malt extract only - no mashing required.

Hopping

- 30g - 60-minute boil - 10g - added with 10 minutes remaining in the boil

Fermentation

Original gravity

12.5 °Blg (OG 1.050)

Final gravity

1.5 °Blg (FG 1.006)

Primary fermentation started approximately 12–14 hours after pitching the yeast. Fermentation was carried out mostly at 20–23°C. The most vigorous phase of primary fermentation lasted approximately 2–3 days.

Bottling

Bottled

2026-06-03

Priming

Glucose — 5 g

Tasting notes

Golden in colour with a slightly sweet flavour. A very enjoyable beer—refreshing, yet with a fuller flavour than a typical pilsner or lager. The bottles infused with Earl Grey turned out even better. The tea's subtle astringency balances the beer's underlying sweetness, resulting in a more harmonious and well-balanced beer.

Comments

• Gosia 10/10 2026-09-07

  Wersja z herbatą była idealna

• Eryk 6/10 2026-08-06

  Miałem skojarzenia z grimbergen blonde jak próbowałem, więc pod tym względem próbę odtworzenia można uznać za udaną. To na pewno jest lżejsze, mniej intensywne w smaku. Niestety nie wyczułem herbaty, a szkoda bo bardzo lubię takie połączenia. Ogólnie na plus