So many people seem to like and brew Centennial Blonde Ale. I've never tried it or brewed it. Is it really that good, or just an easy to brew beer that makes it popular?
okiedog said:Is it really that good, or just an easy to brew beer
okiedog said:So many people seem to like and brew Centennial Blonde Ale. I've never tried it or brewed it. Is it really that good, or just an easy to brew beer that makes it popular?
Is it an extract kit? From where? Looking for a good blonde to brew
It sounds like it's hard to go wrong with this brew.. I'll have to put it on my list and give it a try. Anyone have a good AG recipe for a Centennial Blonde for 5.5 gal batch?
Yep, its very good, very easy.
okiedog said:When is Centennial Blonde usually ready to keg or bottle? Does it benefit from cold conditioning / aging?
I have no experience with Munich and Vienna malts though. Used together, what type of flavor do they add to the beer?
Rosvineer said:Is this beer a good base to use for experimental ales?
Pelican521 said:This sounds like a popular choice, are there any commercial examples of this style or something close to compare to?
Due to my poor efficiency I upped the grain bill to compensate. Then I actually hit about 75% ha. It'll be a bit higher abv than I planned but no big deal.
Anyway, I split the batch in 3 and will leave 1 as is, add tomato / basil to the 2nd and strawberry to the 3rd. I would have left it all together then racked to secondary for the extras, but didn't have a full size fermenter available.
Now of course the wait.
I haven't tried this recipe, but I can say that a blonde ale is a nice compromise type of beer. My dad, FIL, BIL, and other folks really liked the blonde ale kit from MoreBeer that I brewed.
And after letting it sit for a bit, I really liked it as well. It was certainly better than any of the commercial examples that I've tried lately as a comparison,
It's one of those beer I'm going to have to keep in the rotation for my family members that aren't crazy about Arrogant Bastards (though my dad did admit that Ab was a tasty beer last weekend if paired correctly)
ThatGeekGuy said:Was that the MoreBeer 'Beers Under 50 Cents' blonde kit? I recently made it, but added 8oz of Cara 20 to the steeping grains and 1/2 oz Citra with 15 minutes left in the boil. Came out quite nice, will probably do again with ingredients from the LHBS.
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