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

[patrck17]

Made this again last night. Advice: Don't drink Sam Adams 9.5% double bock while brewing. Last thing I remember was putting the wort chiller in the pot. Next thing I know its 5am and I am waking up naked on the guest bed. Went out and it seems I managed to rack to the fermenter and put in the chamber, which is impressive cause its a 13 gallon fermenter with 11 gallons of wort, HEAVY. Problem is I know I had star san in the fermenter... so I hope emptied that before I racked. Oh yeah and I broke my hydrometer so I dunno what the OG is. We will see how it turns out.

 

[bigred]

I plan on brewing this for the first time tomorrow with a couple small changes. My LHBS doesn't carry vienna, so they subbed for munich, and I order my hops from hops direct and I can't see spending the $4 per oz for centennial. So I am using all cascade. Unless you guys would suggest using goldings or northern brewer.

 

[Toecutter]

I plan on brewing this for the first time tomorrow with a couple small changes. My LHBS doesn't carry vienna, so they subbed for munich, and I order my hops from hops direct and I can't see spending the $4 per oz for centennial. So I am using all cascade. Unless you guys would suggest using goldings or northern brewer.

You might want to look into ordering your Hops from Chi company who advertises on this site. he sells his hops for $1.00 an oz. i have been ordering them 8 oz at a time. If you order enough it off sets his reasonable charge for shipping.I buy my grain dirt cheap from my local brew store which I walk over to at lunch break from work, but they sell their hops for $2.50 an oz, so i buy my Hops and nottingham yeast from Chi. that keeps my brew costs down. .

 

[SourHopHead]

Took this recipe exactly and added:

2 Hot Red Chili's & 4 Med Red Chili's Secondary 1 week.

5 Anaheim Green Chili's from Walmart *Roasted on the grill & Split down the middle* added to secondary for 7 days.

Kegged and Carbed.

BOS in the 2010 NM Stair Fair Amateur!

 

[BulldogBrewer]

Brewing this tomorrow:rockin:. SWMBO wants to do a brew day, so I picked this to round out the keezer for our Oktoberfest party... So either we'll have wort or a divorce at the end of the day

 

[Paramecium]

racked this to a secondary today with some gelatin, took a gravity reading and it's 1.010 and tasting pretty good so I'm looking forward to the end result.

 

[IPAAAA]

Brewed this today and had a question for those that have bottled this. How long did you keep it in the primary and then how long in the bottles before it was good to go?

 

[ErieShores]

Seriously, this thing is ready after a week in the bottle. You wait two or three weeks, and the beer will really be great.

 

[IPAAAA]

That is pretty awesome. So how long usually in the primary?

 

[ErieShores]

I buck trends so, 1 week in the primary, 1 week in the secondary with gelatin on the 3rd day.

 

[IPAAAA]

I don't plan on doing a secondary so I guess I will just check it at one week and then possibly bottle it.

 

[ErieShores]

I don't plan on doing a secondary so I guess I will just check it at one week and then possibly bottle it.

I would consider giving it a couple weeks in the primary.

 

[munklunk]

It turns out that I have 15 extra 22oz bottles laying around after bottling my pumpkin and christmas ales. What to do? 1/2 batch of this Centennial. Oh yea.

 

[Havoc]

I made this as an extract. Added a pound of honey (cause that's how I roll) and let it ferment at a steady 68 degrees for 5 days. I switched to a secondary, let it sit for 7 days at 42 degrees.

Carb'd it today:

Pretty damn good!

 

[Paramecium]

Just bottled this after 2 weeks in primary and a week in secondary on gelatin. Was pretty darn clear and tasted good although it was hard to tell considering my brew partner and I were drinking Alpine Pure Hoppiness through the bottling session so our taste buds weren't up for anything light lol. My wife took a sip and said she liked it so that's something. Gonna enter it in the Pacific Brewers Cup since the entry deadline is next Saturday, by the judging day it will have 3 weeks in the bottle so it should be good to go.

 

[fezzman]

I just ordered some grains from AHS a day before I stumbled on this recipe. The pics have me thirsty. I think I can come up with something close with what I have on hand but will just need to make the volume larger I think. Let me know what you think...based on what I have. The Pale and Munich will be mixed in the same bag so I am stuck with the 8:2 ratio

8 lbs Pale
2 lbs Munich (suitable replacement for Vienna?)
.5 lb Crystal 10

I have .5oz Centennial and 2oz Cascade in the freezer. I have no carapils though. The only other grain on hand is biscuit, which probably wouldn't fit here. Right?

Do you think the above grain bill will still make a similiar enough brew, until I can order more exact ingredients? I'm at work now but figure I could just alter the volume and up the hops slightly to keep the target IBU and OG.

 

[jwible204]

sparging 5 gallons of this now. i'm using a London ESB starter i made 2 days ago, probably will finish up primary fermentation in a day or two.

 

[johnodon]

I brewed this one this morning and I have to say...things could not have gone more smoothly. I hit my mash temp right on the nose. I hit my boil voume right on the nose. Only thing that did not come out spot on was my OG which was 1.048 (but I'm not going to complain about that). I did have to substitute Safale 05 for the Nottingham...my LHBS didn't have it.

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 80.00 %
0.75 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.57 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.71 %
0.50 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 5.71 %
0.25 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (55 min) Hops 7.9 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (35 min) Hops 6.7 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.20 %] (20 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.20 %] (5 min) Hops 1.3 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Nottingham Ale Yeast (White Labs #WLP039) [Starter 35 ml] Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.040 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 0.000 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.07 %
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.00 %
Bitterness: 19.8 IBU
Calories: 0 cal/pint
Est Color: 3.9 SRM

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 8.75 lb
Sparge Water: 5.06 gal
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE
Mash PH: 5.2 PH

Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 10.94 qt of water at 161.4 F 150.0 F

 

[jwible204]

i hit 1.044 but only have about 5.1 gallons in the primary. i'm guessing i'm at or around the efficiency the recipe was designed for.

will update after primary fermentation.

 

[johnodon]

I just had fermentation start after only 4 hours in the glass!

 

[IrregularPulse]

10 more gallons with all Simcoe Hops heading off to a bachelor part in about 30 minutes!

 

[johnodon]

Happy yeasties!!!

Seeing "The Storm" always makes me smile.

26 hours after pitching 2 packages of Safale S05 (rehydrated). Sorry for the low lighting. I keep all of my fermenters in the unfinished part of our basement...hence the need for the flashlight.

 

[Dgonza9]

Subscribed. This is up next for me. Sounds great.

The double stout sounded good, but I had one the other day and it may not be for me.

 

[nostalgia]

As if there weren't enough endorsements in this thread, I just brought this recipe to a local microbrew/homebrew festival. I haven't heard the count yet, but there were well over 200 people in there. The Centennial took second place in the people's choice competition against ~20 other homebrewed beers.

-Joe

 

[VApatriot]

I'm very interested in this recipe but I'm curious about what additions or changes could be made to the grain bill or process to get an O.G. around 1.050 - 1.055. Just curious, thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[pkincaid]

Brewing this over the weekend... the All grain version. I'm stoked as there has been nothing but good reviews on it! 2 weeks is going to be hard for me to wait!
Any suggestions on a White labs yeast? I have about 15 different vials. What to use....?

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

I took a sample last weekend after just 2 weeks in primary. It was delicious, I could have just drunk a warm flat glass of it right then and there. I tasted a slight sweet flavor to my batch which was good. I can't wait to taste it when it is ready.

 

[ErieShores]

Any suggestions on a White labs yeast? I have about 15 different vials. What to use....?

Maybe this link can help...
http://www.mrmalty.com/yeast.htm

 

[pkincaid]

Thanks! Hey my LHBS doesn't have Cara-pils... Brewmaster suggested Munich. I don't know if I want to make that leap. All the reviews of this beer sound so yummy! I don't want to be the one to mess it up!

 

[IPAAAA]

4oz corn sugar sound about right for bottle carbonation for this beer?