Centennial blonde ale adaptation

I'm experimenting with a recipe I adapted from the famous CENTENNIAL BLONDE ALE. Since I can't find Centennial Hops where I live I used Columbus as a alternative for my experimental mini batch.

Please let me know your opinion

Here it is: ( I used BREWTARGET)

Columbus Blonde - Blonde Ale
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Batch Size: 1.189 gal
Boil Size: 1.347 gal
Boil Time: 1.333 hr
Efficiency: 70%
OG: 1.044
FG: 1.011
ABV: 4.3%
Bitterness: 20.2 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 4 SRM (Morey)

Fermentables
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Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Pale Malt (2 Row) US Grain 1.653 lb Yes No 79% 2 L
Cara-Pils/Dextrine Grain 2.822 oz Yes No 72% 2 L
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L Grain 1.940 oz Yes No 75% 10 L
Vienna Malt Grain 1.940 oz Yes No 78% 4 L
Total grain: 2.072 lb

Hops
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Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Cascade 6.0% 0.035 oz Boil 1.000 hr Pellet 3.3
Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 15.5% 0.071 oz Boil 15.000 min Pellet 8.5
Cascade 6.0% 0.035 oz Boil 30.000 min Pellet 2.6
Cascade 6.0% 0.071 oz Boil 40.000 min Pellet 5.8

Yeast
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Name Type Form Amount Stage
Safale S-04 Ale Dry 0.388 oz Primary

Mash
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Name Type Amount Target Time
Conversion Step, 68C Infusion 1.242 qt 154.400 F 1.000 hr
Final Batch Sparge Infusion 1.306 gal 165.200 F 15.000 min

Instructions
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0) Add 1.653 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US, 2.822 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine, 1.940 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L, 1.940 oz Vienna Malt, to the mash tun.

1) Bring 1.242 qt water to 180.896 F, 1.306 gal water to 173.330 F, for upcoming infusions.

2) Add 1.242 qt water at 180.896 F to mash to bring it to 154.400 F. Hold for 1.000 hr.

3) Add 1.306 gal water at 173.330 F to mash to bring it to 165.200 F. Hold for 15.000 min.

4) You should now have 1.347 gal wort. Add 0.000 tsp water to the kettle, bringing pre-boil volume to 1.347 gal.

5) Bring the wort to a boil and hold for 1.333 hr.

6) Put 0.035 oz Cascade into boil for 1.000 hr.

7) Put 0.071 oz Cascade into boil for 40.000 min.

8) Put 0.035 oz Cascade into boil for 30.000 min.

9) Put 0.071 oz Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus into boil for 15.000 min.

10) You should have 1.189 gal wort post-boil.
You anticipate losing 0.000 tsp to trub and chiller loss.
The final volume in the primary is 1.189 gal.

11) Cool wort and pitch Safale S-04 Ale yeast, to the primary.

12) Let ferment until FG is 1.011.

13) Transfer beer to secondary.

that 40min cascade should be at 5 mins. i like the columbus swap, it should make for an interesting spin on it

Funny that you posted this...I just brewed a blonde ale using columbus/cascade last night


I used 89% Pale malt, 9% Wheat malt and 2% Crystal 40...wound up hitting 1047. For hops I used columbus for bittering, then cascade at 20 min and cascade/columbus at 5min. I Targeted about 27IBU.

Here's hoping they turn out great!

snowveil said:

Funny that you posted this...I just brewed a blonde ale using columbus/cascade last night


I used 89% Pale malt, 9% Wheat malt and 2% Crystal 40...wound up hitting 1047. For hops I used columbus for bittering, then cascade at 20 min and cascade/columbus at 5min. I Targeted about 27IBU.

Here's hoping they turn out great!

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What a nice concidence Snowveil... Please let me know how it turns out later on please.

dcp27 said:

that 40min cascade should be at 5 mins. i like the columbus swap, it should make for an interesting spin on it

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Thans dcp27.. I'm going to simulate it in the softwate to see the results.