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

[Kokopuff829]

Do you know any liquid yeasts that can be used with these.

 

[PJM]

Mine is quite active at the moment. Hopefully I will have no serious issues from not rehydrating. Will obviously rehydrate in the future with dry yeast.

 

[jbsg02]

This should get you a very similar beer:

Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.57 gal
Estimated OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 3.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 16.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 83.3 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.7 %
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (45 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (20 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (10 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale

When I put this into beersmith, it shows the OG to be 1.034. Why the difference?

 

[Sarrsipius]

Do you have your efficiency setting in BS set to 70%? If you are running at a different efficiency you will need to adjust the recipe to achieve the target OG for your brewery.

 

[jbsg02]

Do you have your efficiency setting in BS set to 70%? If you are running at a different efficiency you will need to adjust the recipe to achieve the target OG for your brewery.

Mine defaults to 75%, I couldn't figure out how to change it, plus it is extract, I'm not sure how to adjust for that

 

[cincybrewer]

Mine is quite active at the moment. Hopefully I will have no serious issues from not rehydrating. Will obviously rehydrate in the future with dry yeast.

I have never rehydrated my dry yeast. I doubt you will have any issues. It's probably better to rehydrate from what I've read, but I don't think it will hurt not to.

I've tried to rehydrate my yeast the last two times but I can't get the proper temp of the water at the right time. My first try the water temp was still way to high to put the yeast in and my wort was already cooled by then. The second time the temp got too low and without a backup packet of yeast I wasn't sure if I could pitch the yeast at the low temp (around 70 degrees). The packet for Nottingham said to hydrate it at around 96 degrees.

 

[mountainman13]

Do you know any liquid yeasts that can be used with these.

Wyeast 1056 should do just fine.

 

[scottland]

I brewed a batch on Saturday with US-05. I'll be kegging it in 2 weeks, looking forward to trying it

 

[Slip_Stick]

I just kegged my this blonde ale yesterday after 2 weeks in the primary. Pulled my first pint today to find the flavor to be somewhat thick and yeasty with very poor clarity.

Any ideas on why this may be -- as far as taste and clarity?

Will this go away after a week or so in the keg?

 

[Donner]

I just kegged my this blonde ale yesterday after 2 weeks in the primary. Pulled my first pint today to find the flavor to be somewhat thick and yeasty with very poor clarity.

Any ideas on why this may be -- as far as taste and clarity?

Will this go away after a week or so in the keg?

see the bolded part.

I know it *can* go grain to glass in 2 weeks, but it will only improve with more time in primary.

That said, you kegged it yesterday. It probably hasn't had enough time to settle completely from the transfer. Give it a bit of time to properly carb and settle and it wil be fine.

I'm also assuming you aren't literally referring to the first pint you pulled. The first pint of any unfiltered keg will be yeasty. You have to disregard that and focus on the next few when the dip tube stops sucking up the yeast that is beneath it.

 

[Slip_Stick]

see the bolded part.

I know it *can* go grain to glass in 2 weeks, but it will only improve with more time in primary.

That said, you kegged it yesterday. It probably hasn't had enough time to settle completely from the transfer. Give it a bit of time to properly carb and settle and it wil be fine.

I'm also assuming you aren't literally referring to the first pint you pulled. The first pint of any unfiltered keg will be yeasty. You have to disregard that and focus on the next few when the dip tube stops sucking up the yeast that is beneath it.

Understood. However, 1. it wasn't the very first pint i pulled, more like the 5th or 6th.

I didn't cut any of my dip tubes and would hate to learn im going to have yeast for the rest of this half (5gal) keg.

Suggestions?

 

[Donner]

Understood. However, 1. it wasn't the very first pint i pulled, more like the 5th or 6th.

I didn't cut any of my dip tubes and would hate to learn im going to have yeast for the rest of this half (5gal) keg.

Suggestions?

just making sure you weren't asking about the very first pull. That, of course, would be yeasty.

My guess is the fact that it was transferred recently, combined with the fact that it's relatively young.

I've made this three or four times and never had a problem, but i primary for four weeks and let it sit in my keg for two weeks to carb before i tap it. I've never had issues like you described. I'd just say RDWHABH

 

[Slip_Stick]

just making sure you weren't asking about the very first pull. That, of course, would be yeasty.

My guess is the fact that it was transferred recently, combined with the fact that it's relatively young.

I've made this three or four times and never had a problem, but i primary for four weeks and let it sit in my keg for two weeks to carb before i tap it. I've never had issues like you described. I'd just say RDWHABH

yeah i don't think it should be a big deal, i still have the other half sitting on the yeast, maybe ill let that sit for another two weeks.

Also i'll probably just wait another week or so till i pull another one to check it.

 

[jbsg02]

I brewed this a couple of days ago and we got some unseasonably cool weather here in Texas. It is sitting in my bathtub in a little water with a shirt over it and a fan blowing on it, as well as the window cracked and it probably fermenting close to 60 or in the high 50's maybe. We shall see how this little experiment goes trying to get a very clean finish from the notty at low temps.

 

[EllisTX]

yeah i don't think it should be a big deal, i still have the other half sitting on the yeast, maybe ill let that sit for another two weeks.

Also i'll probably just wait another week or so till i pull another one to check it.

The beer will be fine. I posted a similar problem a little while ago if you look back in this thread. Theone I rushed to the keg was very bready and unclear. After about 10 days in keg it is as clear as any beer available. Chillax and give it a week or so.

 

[cincybrewer]

What's the ideal ferment temps for this beer. I tried to keep it in the low 60's for the first week but it's been hovering around 68 for the past few days in a struggle to keep it cool. Should I be trying to keep it cooler?

 

[Kokopuff829]

Anyone successfully dry hop this. I was thinking of doing it and wanted to know of anyone did and what hops they used.

 

[smagee]

I DH'ed with .5oz each of citra and centennial. I've seen others use any combination of cascade, centennial, or pretty much whatever else is lying around. Just be gentle with it; it's such a light beer, the DH can really overpower it quickly.

 

[Kokopuff829]

I DH'ed with .5oz each of citra and centennial. I've seen others use any combination of cascade, centennial, or pretty much whatever else is lying around. Just be gentle with it; it's such a light beer, the DH can really overpower it quickly.

Cool that's just what I was thinking of? But when did you DH?

 

[smagee]

I gave them about a week, as I recall, after two weeks in the primary. I used a bit of Citra late in the boil too, so it came out with a pleasantly light tropical aroma.

 

[Kokopuff829]

I gave them about a week, as I recall, after two weeks in the primary. I used a bit of Citra late in the boil too, so it came out with a pleasantly light tropical aroma.

Omg thats exactly what I was thinking too. Jeez great mind think alike

 

[smagee]

Well, I can confidently say that it is not a bad idea then . Enjoy!

 

[primer]

Well I decided to take a gravity after about 2 weeks in the primary due to the posts talking about the quick turn around. Gravity had pulled down but I got a heavy diacetyl flavor. Used wlp 005 and kept my fermentation chamber at 66F. After tasting it last night I raised the temp to 72 to try to promote the yeast to finish up those off flavors. I'll check it in another 2 weeks.

 

[jamie3]

UFC 129 tonight and Centennial Blonde on tap. Can't get any better than this!

 

[eppo]

Brewed 10 gallons last week. 1 week later and the gravity is 1.004! Seems to taste good though. Anyone else gettin these types of gravitys?

 

[jbsg02]

It's been 5 days and I took a gravity reading to see where it was at, made it down to about 1.010, then I tasted my sample. Boy was that a mistake! It's gonna make it so much harder for me to wait now!

 

[mountainman13]

Racked to secondary yesterday. Down to 1.010 and tasted great. Pretty sure its going in a keg Tuesday so it's ready by Friday.

 

[smagee]

Just tasting my first (green) bottle with the .5oz centennial and .5oz citra dryhop now. Been bottled for a week now; FG came down to somewhere around 1.011ish. Tastes awesome; Citra comes out extremely strong. I think it should balance out a bit more as it conditions a bit more, but as-is, extremely tasty.

 

[terrapinj]

anyone help me pinpoint some potential causes of lingering bitterness with this recipe?

this was my 1st AG attempt (brewed on 4/16) and everything seemed to go well - mashed around 149° for 75 min via BIAB and did a 10min or so dunk sparge at ~170°

my hydro sample last night also looked a bit hazy and reeked like ass when i opened the fermenter but I had read that smell happens with Notty sometimes

gonna leave it for another week before bottling but isn't really as smooth and clear as I would have expected from reading this thread. I had used 1 whirlfloc tablet and had the wort under 80° in 15+min with my IC

i had upped the grain bill very slightly to account for potential lower efficiency but ended up hitting 70% with OG of 1.047 - I had upped the hops additions by .10oz for each addition as well but IBU levels were fairly similar since OG was higher

did a mix of 1/2 RO water and 1/2 Tap water plus ~ 2 grams each of Gypsum and Cal Chloride per the brew science sticky thread

 

[Kokopuff829]

anyone help me pinpoint some potential causes of lingering bitterness with this recipe?

this was my 1st AG attempt (brewed on 4/16) and everything seemed to go well - mashed around 149° for 75 min via BIAB and did a 10min or so dunk sparge at ~170°

my hydro sample last night also looked a bit hazy and reeked like ass when i opened the fermenter but I had read that smell happens with Notty sometimes

gonna leave it for another week before bottling but isn't really as smooth and clear as I would have expected from reading this thread. I had used 1 whirlfloc tablet and had the wort under 80° in 15+min with my IC

i had upped the grain bill very slightly to account for potential lower efficiency but ended up hitting 70% with OG of 1.047 - I had upped the hops additions by .10oz for each addition as well but IBU levels were fairly similar since OG was higher

did a mix of 1/2 RO water and 1/2 Tap water plus ~ 2 grams each of Gypsum and Cal Chloride per the brew science sticky thread

You said it was hazy? Well my Kolsch was hazy and it was the yeast. After I let it settle down it tasted fine. Idk if thts the reason but that's what I had.