slawre5

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grundig5

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Just curious if anyone else has noticed a distinct melon/cantalope flavor? I dont use Centennial too frequently and this is a pretty unusual flavor, albeit not bad. Given mine is only 4 weeks out and probably just needs some more time in the keg. I didnt notice this flavor at all in the gravity sample I pulled before kegging.

Anyone else with melony flavor?

samc

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No melon for me . What kind of yeast did you use and what ferment temps?

Piratwolf

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Just popped my 1st bottle. Needs another week or so, but I'm excited: in a blind taste test, SWMBO liked my clone better than the real THA! They're close, but mine's a touch sweeter and has a little more yeast character (didn't harvest Bell's). All in all, I'm pretty darned happy

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grundig5

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I used S05 and mid-high 60's for the first 5 days. Temperature was pretty well controlled. I use S05 a lot and have never had this melon flavor, so I was thinking it was the centennials. I'll give it another week in the keg and see how it progresses.

BucksPA

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S05 is very clean and very neutral and almost exhibits no flavor at all. that's what makes it so versatile

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passedpawn

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I'm giving this a go this wkend. A few changes for me:

using C40 to get an SRM of about 7
I added a 30m hop addition and backed off the 60min, IBUs about 55.
Using some washed Wyeast 1272 American Ale II

Thanks for the recipe. I'm sure it'll be great.

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Piratwolf

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Took some bottles of my THA clone (this recipe) to both Thanksgiving feasts. Great reviews all around!

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Piratwolf: "I've heard that Belgian Blondes can be "panty droppers" but they're not particularly high IBU nor cheap."

jmendez29: Haha! I get it! :ban:
Wait. You're not talking about beer, right?
You're talking about beer. That could have been a whole lot more fun.

RichBenn

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I finally tried a bottle of THA when I was out on the east coast. It was crisp/dry tasting yet more subdued hop flavor than I got making with it with US-05. The hop flavor difference could be the age (couple months in the bottle vs. freshly kegged) and the fact that I dry hop in the keg.

I recently made a Pale Ale with a little toasted grain and 1272, which had the same type of crisp/dry flavor, so I think I'll remake this THA recipe again with 1272. For anyone trying to replicate this without the harvested bell's yeast, I think that's the best commercial alternative.

LBA4ME

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Oh no! Terrible soapy and kind of grassy taste when racking to the keg. Don't think it can recover.