This beer gets clear in the kegs!
Blonde Ale Centennial Blonde (Simple 4% All Grain, 5 & 10 Gall)
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Just bottled 5 gallons of this that has been sitting in secondary for almost 2 months.....eeek. Didn't mean to leave it that long but its been a busy couple of months. 1.044 down to 1.012. Can't wait to try it in a week or so. The sample tasted like.......beer.
Brewed the extract last night...
Got an OG of 1.048 or so... will see how it turns out.
Got an OG of 1.048 or so... will see how it turns out.
Brewcrew86
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I found the extract version of this very popular centennial ale. Since I am a noob, I need a little more direction. When do I add the carapils dextrine? Do I just throw them in the boil whole? For the adding the hops I'm assuming I can just follow the ag recipe times?
Heres the recipe
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
Heres the recipe
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
Just wanted to post another positive review--gave an assortment of six homebrewed beers to a colleague recently, and the CB was his favorite, hands down. He said there was.a perfect level of hoppiness and the flavor was lightly malty and super clean. Cheers!
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devilbrewer75
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This was way too harsh bitter for me at first. After two months in the keg I really like it.
The carapils will need to be crushed and steeped. Do a search for "steeping grains" and you'll learn a lot. Most recipes advise steeping between 150-160 degrees for 20-30 minutes.
Brewcrew86
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Thanks for the tip. I just read all about it. Then I just add the steeped water to the boil. Easy money!
brew2enjoy
Well-Known Member
Took a hydrometer reading last night (day 11) and it's at 1.010. Looks like S04 did it's job. It has dropped completely and the beer is crystal clear! Sample tasted very promising for a young uncarbed beer. Time to crash cool with gelatin for a few days and its going straight to the keg. Can't wait!
jamesseth
Active Member
Was kind of incredulous about making this beer with it being such a session-able beer. I usually like things with more flavor like porter/stouts and IPA's. Made this anyways, just to give my friends a taste of homebrew without blowing their minds with flavor. I love it! I'm brewing another batch this week. I've now made it both extract and All-grain. It really is able to be grain to glass in 10 days, incredible. Thanks for this recipe. I even bought some raspberry flavoring (extremely concentrated off of ebay) and I dip a toothpick in the flavoring then drop it in a pint and have raspberry-blonde ale!
Throw them away?
Dear God, man! Put 'em in a ziploc bag in the freezer! Pellet hops will keep for a while!
tdogg
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Throw them away?
AGHH! dont throw hops away! better yet, buy in bulk, put them in ziplocks right away and just take what you need.
cincybrewer
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Do you mind giving a little more insight on this, e.g. what made you like the yeasts better? Also, how would you compare to the us-05 you made? I don't know the differences of the yeast well enough so I'd be curious to what they taste like.
Also, for the extract brewers who have brewed this. And there appears to be a lot of you. How did it turn out. I did this once last summer and it didn't turn out well but I'm 99% sure it was because my keg orings weren't replaced. I'm thinking about giving it another go but wouldn't mind some feedback on the extract version.
ddelgado77
Member
cincybrewer said:
I brewed extract and left it in the primary for two weeks. kegged it yesterday and tasted pretty good. I used centennial only.
I brewed this up - primary for a week, secondary for a week. Let it sit in the bottles for a week or two before chilling a few and trying them with high hopes...and absolutely hated them. Not sure what it was, they tasted too sweet, I can't remember all the details other than I would get halfway through one and switch to something else.
Anyways, I was leaving on a couple business trips and a wedding so I threw a dozen or so in the fridge where they sat for a few weeks while I was gone. Came back Sunday and it's a totally different beer. I'm usually one for strong IPA's or Porters/Stouts, but I gotta say I could drink this all day now. My girlfriend is really digging them too, so i'll definitely be brewing it again - just giving it more time to condition before cracking them open.
I need to keep reminding myself that patience is a virtue every now and then, if I have to, I guess...
Anyways, I was leaving on a couple business trips and a wedding so I threw a dozen or so in the fridge where they sat for a few weeks while I was gone. Came back Sunday and it's a totally different beer. I'm usually one for strong IPA's or Porters/Stouts, but I gotta say I could drink this all day now. My girlfriend is really digging them too, so i'll definitely be brewing it again - just giving it more time to condition before cracking them open.
I need to keep reminding myself that patience is a virtue every now and then, if I have to, I guess...
flatrockbrewing
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I brewed this up - primary for a week, secondary for a week. Let it sit in the bottles for a week or two before chilling a few and trying them with high hopes...and absolutely hated them. Not sure what it was, they tasted too sweet, I can't remember all the details other than I would get halfway through one and switch to something else.
Anyways, I was leaving on a couple business trips and a wedding so I threw a dozen or so in the fridge where they sat for a few weeks while I was gone. Came back Sunday and it's a totally different beer. I'm usually one for strong IPA's or Porters/Stouts, but I gotta say I could drink this all day now. My girlfriend is really digging them too, so i'll definitely be brewing it again - just giving it more time to condition before cracking them open.
I need to keep reminding myself that patience is a virtue every now and then, if I have to, I guess...
Did you use sugar for priming? Might have been residual sugar making the beer taste sweet.
Any reports from brewers using US-04 in this recipe?
brew2enjoy
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I will be kegging mine this weekend. I used S-04. I made sure to keep it in the mid 60s during active fermentation. Early taste tests were excellent. The S-04 ripped through this beer in about 2 days and dropped quickly. The beer was crystal clear after a week in the fermenter. I took it the extra mile and crash cooled with gelatin a few days ago. I'll post the final product an about a week when it's carbed up.
shadows69
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Sounds like you were tasting " green" beer at first.
And that's what I kind of figured, hence leaving it in the fridge for a while before chucking the batch. I guess I just expected it to be much better, sooner, given what others have found.
I'm happy in the end though, so no harm no foul.
So, we're getting some decent snow, and I don't really want to make the drive to my LHBS tomorrow. I'm kind of excited about this recipe...not only do I have everything, but with washed yeast and bulk grains and hops, my cost is $12.24 for 5 gal. 
12.24... wow... I need to start washing yeast, buying in bulk, and all grain...
my next step, and next batch will be all grain... step after that will likely be washing yeast or just growing/freezing yeast from fresh yeast... choices...
On topic though, just kegged this tonight after 11-12 days... was at 1.012 ish... but my OG was higher as well... tasted great and can't wait for the carbed cold version!
my next step, and next batch will be all grain... step after that will likely be washing yeast or just growing/freezing yeast from fresh yeast... choices...
On topic though, just kegged this tonight after 11-12 days... was at 1.012 ish... but my OG was higher as well... tasted great and can't wait for the carbed cold version!
brew2enjoy
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Racked this to the keg today so I had to do a "quality control" test
followed the recipe exactly as it was posted, except I used S-04. 11 day primary. 4 day cold crash with gelatin. Its burst carbing at 30 psi right now. Should be ready to drink in a few days. The sample was very tasty. I'll post the final results once it is carbed up.cyclonetx
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Just bottled my first batch of all grain Centennial Blonde. Used S-04 and left it in the primary for 14 days. Finished at 1.012. The color was spot on. Can't wait to see how it tastes after a couple of weeks.
