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

[rack04]

Bottled my 1st attempt at this recipe last night. It sat in the primary for 3 weeks and finished at 1.010.

 

[OldManHouston]

Has anyone tried using Wyeast 1187 ringwood yeast on this?

 

[mrduna01]

I'll be giving this recipe a try as everyone seems to like it. Going to brew up two 5 gallon batches tomorrow!

 

[victorjohn]

Wanted to check in again here and say that although it dried out to 1.006, I tasted it today while racking to the keg and also let my SWMBO taste it. Both of us gave the thumbs up! My version added a half lb of base malt and upped the hops to .28 oz per drop because I live in San Diego and we are so hopped out here we can't even taste subtle anymore. My wife is the proof of that given that while beer touring earlier today she drank an 85 ibu Cascadian Dark Ale and didn't even notice.

This from a woman who didnt even drink beer 5 years ago!

Long story just to say thanks to Biermuncher for providing such a SOLID base recipe for a perfect session ale to Icon Brewery!!! We lift our glasses high to you sir!

 

[EllisTX]

Just took a hydro after 7 days. I've gone from 1.043 to 1.012. The sample is has a lot of bread flavor in it. I fermented close to 70 for the first day or two before I could get my temps down. Any thoughts on the bread?

edit: The beer is very cloudy and hopefully not done fermenting. Could the bread be coming from all the yeast still in suspension?

 

[mrduna01]

Best thing about this beer so far is that I picked up the ingredients for 17 bucks! That will be reduced to around 10 hopefully when I start reusing the yeast and get sack of 2 row I'm ordering.

 

[peabody304]

I brewed a one gallon batch of this (BIAB) on 2/26. OG 1.045 (I was just messing around with BIAB and boiled in an unfamiliar pot on the stove, so I had more boil off than I expected, thus the higher OG.)

Fermented 2 weeks at about 65 degrees. Since it was a short gallon, I didn't want to pull a hydro sample so I just cold crashed it for a few days.

Finally was able to bottle it last Sunday and used the last bit for a hydrometer sample (it was very cloudy in the jar, but after a while it did clear) and FG was 1.006. I got 8 bottles out of the batch.

After one week conditioning, we chilled one today, and tried it. Not quite as carbonated as I would like, but not far off. It tasted very nice, and when I offered SWMBO a taste, I lost the glass. She likes it very much.

So this has just jumped to the head of the brewing list. I'll be doing a 5 gallon batch next weekend.

Thanks for the recipe.

-peabody304

 

[VoodooManX]

Brewed tonight BIAB AG OG 1.040. Looking forward to it

Edit: Here's a photo of it the morning after sitting in the hydo test jar.
Also, the air lock was churning away nice n' steady this morning.

 

[chicagobrew]

Well my first brew of this was a bit of a disaster. I lost about 4 degrees during mashing, ending around 146-7 degrees after an hour. Then when I got a stuck sparge towards the middle of fly sparging and had to finish with a batch sparge of the rest of the sparge water... had to eyeball the needed volume.

Miraculously, we came in at 1.042 OG and ended at 1.006 FG. I tasted some at the FG reading and it seemed a bit thin to me, but tasty. The yeast got like 85% attenuation. Its WLP001, and the fermentation didn't seem all that aggressive.

I pitched a half sized starter.

I'm guessing the dryness has to do with the low mash temps. I am a bit depressed about it, but attempting to be hopeful.

Victorjohn,

Don't worry too much about the thinness. Mouthfeel changes significantly when carbonation is added. If you're really worried, I'd bump up the carb a touch.

 

[victorjohn]

Victorjohn,

Don't worry too much about the thinness. Mouthfeel changes significantly when carbonation is added. If you're really worried, I'd bump up the carb a touch.

Hey thanks, thats a good word. Its in the keg with a bit of pressure on it conditioning for a few days now. I took a bigger sample when transferring to the keg and I think you are right... its going to turn out great!

 

[cincybrewer]

My ingredients are on the way (extract version). Can't wait to try this. I'll be happy if it turns out 1/2 as good as people on here say it is.

 

[mbosco]

Hello all,

Well after reading through this (a good way to spend an afternoon), I'm totally sold to use this for our next batch. One question though on the hop schedule for an extract batch.

I'll be brewing a 5 gallon batch with a 3.25 boil When I enter in the recommended extract recipe hop schedule:
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55min)
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min)

I end up with 16.4 IBU in BeerSmith. Am I doing something wrong as I thought this should be closer to 21?

 

[mrduna01]

Hello all,

Well after reading through this (a good way to spend an afternoon), I'm totally sold to use this for our next batch. One question though on the hop schedule for an extract batch.

I'll be brewing a 5 gallon batch with a 3.25 boil When I enter in the recommended extract recipe hop schedule:
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55min)
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min)

I end up with 16.4 IBU in BeerSmith. Am I doing something wrong as I thought this should be closer to 21?

Try adjusting your boil size.

 

[mrduna01]

Just brewed up a 5.5 gallon batch today. Hit the volume right on the money with a OG of 1.043. Can't wait to try this one! I'm actually doing another batch of it tomorrow for a friend. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[mbosco]

Try adjusting your boil size.

Never had to do that before. I don't have capacity to go higher, so If I reduce the boil size to get the IBU's right I'm thinking everthing else would go off as well. Would it be better to just bump up the hops a bit from what I have below?

0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55min)
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min)

 

[mrduna01]

Never had to do that before. I don't have capacity to go higher, so If I reduce the boil size to get the IBU's right I'm thinking everthing else would go off as well. Would it be better to just bump up the hops a bit from what I have below?

0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55min)
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min)

The extract recipe posted here was for a boil size of 6.57 gallons. Scaling that down increases the IBUs. You probably only need half the buttering hops to get on target since your boiling less water. Beersmith will scale the recipe down for you somewhere on there.

 

[VoodooManX]

The extract recipe posted here was for a boil size of 6.57 gallons. Scaling that down increases the IBUs. You probably only need half the buttering hops to get on target since your boiling less water. Beersmith will scale the recipe down for you somewhere on there.

It was my understanding that smaller boils don't utilize the hops as efficiently and have an inverse relationship with the ibu's.

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[Pilgarlic]

It was my understanding that smaller boils don't utilize the hops as efficiently and have an inverse relationship with the ibu's.

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You're thinking of partial boils, ultimate yield volume equal. Not the case, here.

 

[VoodooManX]

Hello all,

Well after reading through this (a good way to spend an afternoon), I'm totally sold to use this for our next batch. One question though on the hop schedule for an extract batch.

I'll be brewing a 5 gallon batch with a 3.25 boil When I enter in the recommended extract recipe hop schedule:
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55min)
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min)

I end up with 16.4 IBU in BeerSmith. Am I doing something wrong as I thought this should be closer to 21?

You're thinking of partial boils, ultimate yield volume equal. Not the case, here.

This is a partial boil he's referring to , no?

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[cincybrewer]

Never had to do that before. I don't have capacity to go higher, so If I reduce the boil size to get the IBU's right I'm thinking everthing else would go off as well. Would it be better to just bump up the hops a bit from what I have below?

0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55min)
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min)

what recipe are you referring to? I haven't read the entire thread but the original recipe posted had a different hop schedule than yours. Also, a 3.5 gallon boil will have lower IBU's than a 6.5 gallon boil which is also what was in the original recipe. The original recipe is in post #10, is there another one in this thread?

 

[mbosco]

I adjusted the hop schedule from the original post as I will be doing a 3.25 boil versus the original 6.5. One of the subsequent posts showed an extract/smaller boil version that used this schedule (or something very similar). If I used the original schedule, I think the IBU's came in the 13-14 range. Increasing the time for some of the hops (as listed in my schedule) got me up to 16.4, which is close to the original, but still short.

I'm not sure how big on an impact going from 21 to 16 in IBU will really have on the perceived flavor of the bear.

 

[Anthony_Lopez]

I just bottled another batch of this yesterday. I can't believe how fast this beer matures. I had it in primary for a week and secondary a week. When I put it into secondary, it tasted very green (no surprise) but at bottling it was delicious. I was tempted to drink a pint flat... I will be doing a double batch of this in the next month (20 gallons) and will be making this a house brew... PROST!

 

[mrduna01]

The notty yeast is a beast! 6 hours!

 

[brettwasbtd]

Had a rough day at work. Had to make pizza sauce for my pizzas for tomorrows dinner, bottle my Best Bitter and do some work (this didnt happen). Sat down and I am enjoying one of my remaining bottles of this beer, man did it hit the spot!

 

[EllisTX]

I brewed the AG version of this (first time with all grain). It's been in the keg for about a week & a half. Is it supposed to have a strong "bread" smell & taste to it? I don't get much of any hoppyness, but I believe that's to be expected, but the bread bit throws me off some. Does it just need to age & will it mellow a bit?

I took a hydro last night after 12 days of fermentation and I'm at about 1.011. I'll check the gravity again tomorrow but I think its done. I get a lot of bread as well in the aroma and taste. I'm hoping cold crashing and a week or two of maturing will take care of it.

 

[chicagobrew]

I just brewed my first batch of this yesterday to have some training wheel beer on hand for summer visitors. I used it as an opportunity to clean out leftovers from previous batches that are starting to overwhelm the storage space. The recipe was mostly intact, but I used up some C20, Pils, biscuit, etc and filled in with the 2-row, carapils, and vienna. For hops I needed to get rid of some sterling and cascades that are getting old. For yeast, I had an old vial of WLP080 cream ale blend from which to build a starter. I got my best ever efficiency at just under 83% and this must have been the smoothest batch I've ever made. This may become a regular. Now, I just need to make a bastardized porter or stout to get rid of all of the dark grains and the willamettes that I swear are reproducing in my freezer.

 

[shadows69]

Well yesterday was brew day. I screwed this up big time. my SG is only 1.020 and it looks like a light beer. I am thinking of adding DME but i am on sure of how much to add. Any ideas?

 

[Demon]

Well yesterday was brew day. I screwed this up big time. my SG is only 1.020 and it looks like a light beer. I am thinking of adding DME but i am on sure of how much to add. Any ideas?

What temperature did you take your gravity reading at?

 

[shadows69]

68

 

[EllisTX]

Well yesterday was brew day. I screwed this up big time. my SG is only 1.020 and it looks like a light beer. I am thinking of adding DME but i am on sure of how much to add. Any ideas?

Was this after adding water to post boil?