Blonde Ale Centennial Blonde (Simple 4% All Grain, 5 & 10 Gall)

[kvess]

I think it would be great. I am going to dry hop in the keg next time.

 

[Clifton]

Brewed this two days ago for my second BIAB. I didn't have Crystal 10 so I substituted Light Carastan (17L). I also used WY1450 because I'm using this recipe to grow yeast for my first attempt at Denny's Wry Smile.

 

[Slyko]

I'm brewing my 4th batch of this today. Adding raspberries to the secondary. I know, I know. I'm just bizarre & need to get out more.

I tried Samuel Adams Cherry & it was great. But I got to get some hops in my system before that. Dogfish Head, 90 minute clone is next.

 

[flatrockbrewing]

Raspberries sounds pretty good actually. FYI we cold crashed after fermentation and it cleared very quickly. Planning on reyeasting with cbc1 and bottle condition.

 

[garbageman]

I just brewed this for the 4th time for the wife. This time she gave me 2 lbs of fresh picked blueberries to add after the gravity drop a little. Should be good.

 

[NateW]

I just brewed up the extract version of this recipe yesterday. The LHBS was out of Centennial so I went with a mix of Columbus and Cascade. The Columbus were 18% AA and I forgot to lower the amount accordingly, so we might end up with a little hoppier version, which will be fine with all my friends. This should make a great warm-weather tailgate beer.

 

[Brewnoob1]

I brewed this on Friday (AG version) to the T. My pre-boil gravity was only about 1.035ish. My post boil O.G came in right around the same. After some calculations, I'm looking at a 3.25 to 3.5% brew. Hopefully, it will turn out. I did the extract version in the past and didn't care for it at all. Hopefully, AG will be better. This was my second AG batch so hopefully it turns out. I'm still working on ways to improve efficiency though. I'll take 65% efficiency though for my 2nd AG brew ever I guess.

 

[america]

I brewed this on Friday (AG version) to the T. My pre-boil gravity was only about 1.035ish. My post boil O.G came in right around the same. After some calculations, I'm looking at a 3.25 to 3.5% brew. Hopefully, it will turn out. I did the extract version in the past and didn't care for it at all. Hopefully, AG will be better. This was my second AG batch so hopefully it turns out. I'm still working on ways to improve efficiency though. I'll take 65% efficiency though for my 2nd AG brew ever I guess.

How'd you manage to finish your boil without any increase in gravity? That seems fishy.

 

[Brewnoob1]

That's what I thought too. I made sure to bring the test down to the correct temp as well.

 

[Sippin37]

Yeah, only way that is possible is if you boiled off nothing, lol. You add any water to the fermenter?

 

[SoulBrewer]

I brewed a batch of this for my "lite" beer drinker friends, who came over for my daughter's first birthday party. They could not finish the keg so I put it in one of my bridges and totally forgot about it. Due to work and other things, I could not make time to brew in the last few months; and today, my last keg of Haus Pale Ale made that dreadful noise that sent me searching my bridges for something to drink. And I found this half full keg of Centennial Blonde that I put away 6 months ago!

Boys! It tastes soooooo good now. I had a glass of two of this when I served it to my friends in February, but it was like mineral water; now it tastes like coke. I wonder has anyone tried to "age" this brew and got the same result? Mine has been on gas and at 40-42* the whole time.

 

[MicahB]

I brewed up the extract version of this last night, hit my numbers dead on at 1.044. I'm dying to try this out!!! How long should I let this sit before moving into secondary for cold-crashing and then kegging?

 

[flatrockbrewing]

Tried a centennial hop tea in our blonde ale came out awesome. 1 ounce in a French press with unfermented wort then racked the blonde on top.

 

[Brewnoob1]

I brewed up the extract version of this last night, hit my numbers dead on at 1.044. I'm dying to try this out!!! How long should I let this sit before moving into secondary for cold-crashing and then kegging?

I wouldn't secondary honestly. Let it go a few weeks and keg.

 

[MicahB]

I wouldn't secondary honestly. Let it go a few weeks and keg.

Even for clarity's sake?? Also, what's "a few weeks"? I've read so many different things in this thread, "grain to glass in two weeks," and then "give it a few extra weeks- it only gets better"...
I'm just a little mixed up on what the general consensus is on this? Honestly, the sooner I can be drinking it the better but I'll be a patient little brewer if it's worth the wait.

 

[Xtant]

Well, I made two five gallon batches back in March or so. Primaried for two weeks, secondary for a couple weeks, cold crashed for a week, and carbed for about a week. It was light, crisp, and crystal clear.

I made five gallons about q month ago. Two weeks in the primary and a few days to carb. It's good, but different. Too young, perhaps? The hops are much more present. Almost woody. And the beer is very cloudy.

I'd say if your pipeline is low and need something quick, this beer will do it. If you have time to let it do it's thing, it is much better...

 

[Jubilee]

Dude, BM. Thank you. This recipe is the shiz.

AG, 2 weeks in primary, keg/carb.

So tasty. Cheers, bru.

 

[jtkratzer]

Brother in law brewed the extract today but had to substitute Chinook for the Centennial at the recommendation of his LHBS. He also used WLP001.

Thoughts on the chinook?

 

[theveganbrewer]

I've got a friend asking for me to make him a Coors light or Corona clone and I just can't bring myself to waste that much time on something like that. Will this win him over?

 

[jtkratzer]

I've got a friend asking for me to make him a Coors light or Corona clone and I just can't bring myself to waste that much time on something like that. Will this win him over?

I brewed 10 gallons of this for myself, and my parents asked me to serve it at their pool party following a wedding reception and it was a smash hit with everyone there. College kids used to drinking the stuff squeezed out of a bar rag, adults into craft beers, some folks from the UK, everyone loved this beer.

It won't have the rice/corn flavor and it will have more hop flavor, but it's nowhere close to an IPA. It's a crowd pleaser. If he doesn't like it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

 

[Fordzilla]

I've got a friend asking for me to make him a Coors light or Corona clone and I just can't bring myself to waste that much time on something like that. Will this win him over?

I haven't shared it with anyone who didn't love it. It's kind of close to a BMC type beer but much better.

 

[theveganbrewer]

Great, I'll brew it up and come back here with the results once they've tasted it.

 

[Slyko]

This hobby is FANTASTIC! :rockin:

I was at a club meeting & had a newbie with a $10,000 setup. I'm bargain basement. Everybody is happy!

 

[slatkin]

Brewed BierMunchers recipe yesterday for my first all grain brew and my first BIAB. The Wort tasted a little off and smelled odd. Was my first though so am excited as hell. Hit O.G. of 1.050 and pitched rehydrated nottingham no activity at 12 hours but nottingham has been slow for me before. I cant wait to try this. Thanks to the OP.

 

[ryclo]

Just brewed my second 10 gallons of this, love it!

 

[Mooglebass]

I can't do a 5 gallon batch yet, so I was going to do a 2.5 gallon extract batch. If I was doing 2.5 batch I'd half the ingredients. Steep grains for 30 mins at 160f. Add dme boil and add hops at the times listed. Correct? Also is centennial type hops the same as centennial? All I can find is centennial type. Thanks

 

[steinsato]

Good LORD! 222 pages. I obviously did not read them all. My dad and uncle are comeing to visit in a month and I am slowly briging them around from the BMC type beers. I'm thinking this will be the prefect beer to brew. However, I have tons of Citra and Sterling hops in the freezer and no Cascade or Centennial. I realize this beer will be completely different by using one or two of these substitutions but does anyone have any experience with this grain bill and Citra or Sterling hops? It would be easy enough to sub the Centennial for Citra and Cascade for Sterling but Sterling is a much cleaner hop that Cascade...I think. And am just not sure if it will cut it. I guess the only way to know is to brew it.

 

[Chriso]

steinsato - I recommend you also take a look at BM's Sterling Gold recipe, which is linked in his Recipe Drop-Down. It's a fantastic beer, he sent me a bottle once. Mmmmm.

Your best bet might be to combine the Sterling Gold recipe and this recipe, producing a modified version between the two beers.

In short, Sterling is a very "mild" and interesting hop to work with - while Citra is a very hi-power citrusy Pale Ale-type hop - but there's no reason they can't be combined to come up with a pretty delicious combination - it just won't be an exact replication of Cascade + Centennial.

 

[crager013]

I just brewed this up and hopped it with just picked Cascade wet hops right off the bines! We will see!

 

[windycitybears1985]

I just did the same with the fresh hops off the bine and dry hopped with some
Cascade doing no chill. Will post the results. Carbing in keg now.