Homebrewing an Irish Blonde Ale

Originally published at www.brewersjourney.com.

After bottling my previous brew, the Baldwin St. Bohemian Pilsner, I was excited to get started on my next batch. For my second round, pun completely intended, I decided to try out making an Irish Blonde Ale. You can find the recipe for the Blonde Ale here. I also decieed that this time around I would try out making a yeast starter.

Yeast Starter

A yeast starter is basically a mini, unhopped, beer that you make a day or two ahead of time and pitch your yeast into. In…