Beer recipe?
 

I was going to brew Biermunchers centennial blonde but apparently centennials are out for the rest of the year. So, I decided to play with the recipe a little. Does this look like it will be good? Is there something I should change?

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Damn it's hot out ale
Brewer: Dallas
Asst Brewer:
Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.41 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 4.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 28.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 75.68 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 13.51 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.41 %
8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 5.41 %
0.75 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (55 min) Hops 26.9 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops -
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 9.25 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 12.00 qt of water at 161.0 F 150.0 F


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That will work just fine, Centennials are Cascades on Steroids pretty much. That looks like it will be a good brew.

I'm pretty excited. Hope it's as good or better than my tart citrus hef I been drinking for almost a month now.

Looks like a great HOT weather lawnmower beer, A little light for me, but then if it's hot outside, I'm underwater or in freezing AC. Otherwise I love those hops.
Cascade are a distant memory for me, I can't wait for the next time they become available to us nobodies.

I'm guessing that by the end of winter/beginning of spring we are going to be feeling the hop shortage really badly. I really don't care for the hop shortage much because I could have planted some first years if I had gotten some rhizomes a little quicker. Even though first years will only give you a small fraction of cones even a few ounces would get us through the dead months.

you may want to just try all cascade. I ran into this same problem a while back, but the all cascade was still pretty good. Although I can say that I have played around with this one, and still nothing comes out as good as the original recipe. BM did a great job with this one.