Centennial Blonde/Columbus Blonde

Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

The Pol

Well-Known Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2007
Messages
11,390
Reaction score
117
Brewed today... 4 hours start to finish incuding cleanup. It is the Centennial Blonde that is posted here, but with Columbus hops substituting the Centennial.

Hit my OG right on at 1.039 with 77% eff.
Racked the wort onto a fresh Safale-05 yeast cake.
There is a 1" krausen at 3 hours into the ferment... nice huh!
Here are a couple pics...

DSCN0519.jpg

DSCN0520.jpg

DSCN0521.jpg

DSCN0522.jpg
 
THANKS!

I still have (1) more keg to fill, then I am going to turn my system into a HERMS system. I will keep the coolers, because they are so efficient, but I will transform my immersion chiller into a HERMS coil as well with a couple QDs. This way I can dough in, then when my sparge water hits about 153F I can start the circulation... ramp up the temp to mash out, THEN use that water at 168F as my sparge water. That will be my project for July!
 
Here is the recipe! COST: $14

Style Blonde Ale Efficiency 77.00 %
Pre-boil Volume 6.80 gallons US
OG 1.039
IBU 22.6
Mash Ratio 1.25 qt/l
Post-boil Volume 5.50 gallons US
FG 1.010
SRM 4.1
Mash Time 60 min
Boil Time 60 min
Yeast Danstar Nottingham Dry Ale Yeast
ABV 3.8 %
Evaporation 1.3 gallons
Attenuation 75.00 %
Mash Schedule
Mash in with 2.4 gallons US of water at 168.4 F
Sparge with 5.4 gallons US at 170.0F to collect 6.8 gallons US
Fermentables
American Crystal 10L 0.5 lb 6.5 % 1.035/lb/gal 10 Mash
American Two-Row 6 lb 77.4 % 1.037/lb/gal 1.8 Mash
Belgian Carapils 0.75 lb 9.7 % 1.030/lb/gal 7.9 Mash
Vienna 0.5 lb 6.5 % 1.030/lb/gal 4 Mash
Totals: 7.75 pounds 100% 1.039 4.1
Hops
Name Quantity Form Alpha Stage Time
Columbus 0.12 oz Pellet 13.5 Boil 60
Columbus 0.25 oz Pellet 13.5 Boil 40
Cascade 0.25 oz Pellet 6.5 Boil 20
Cascade 0.25 oz Pellet 6.5 Boil 5
Totals: 0.88 ounces 22.6 IBU
Fermentation
Primary 7 68.0
Carbonation
CO2 Volume Presure Serving Temp
2.7 13.34 psi 38.0F

I brewed a Cream Ale last week and had a GREAT yeast cake to rack this beer onto. I kegged the Cream Ale today while I was mashing this one, and within 2 hours I had a pretty vigorous ferment! My next beer will be a nice malty red ale or my fav. summer beer, Hugh Heffe!
 
There is seriously a 1.25" yeast cake on the bottom of the fermentor this morning, about 16 hours after racking on top of the yeast cake. It is still fermenting, Id expect it to be complete by the end of the day seeing as how it started about 2 hours after racking yesterday and fermented like crazy all night.

How many times have YOU reused Safale-05 before starting over? It is cheap, but man, you cannot beat the ferment you get on a big nasty yeast cake!

POL
 
My limited experience with reusing yeast cakes is after the second use, take out half the cake to force the yeast to do some replication. Personally wash the first cake, then I reuse any cake only once. That has more to do with going from lighter low gravity to darker and kick your a$$ets batches.
 
You can get the thru the wall fitting from Northern Brewer, you just drill a hole through the cooler and tighten it up, cheap and works like a charm, hope this helps :rockin:

Ok, I've spent the last fifteen minutes searching their website and can not seem to find what you are talking about. Can you help a brotha out? Do you get the thermometer from Northern brewer as well?

Thanks

Eric
 
THIS THERMOMETER INSTALL is not from any brew store. I have a whole thread here on this system, but the quick and dirty is this.

Drill a 1" dia hole with a hole saw
Plug it with a #5.5 SOLID stopper
SHOVE a probe thermometer through it... (after drilling a small hole through it)

Seals perfectly, it costs maybe $10 total...

Get the thermometer at Target, get the stopper from anywhere, and get a drill from your neighbor. No need to waste $$$ on an overly complicated contraption and then also paying shipping.

ENJOY!

Stay tuned for my COOLER HERMS heat exchanger build for this system as well...
 
Back
Top