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

[borovy3488]

Brewed this today! First BIAB!!

 

[Franknferter]

After reading through a bunch of the posts I decided that this is my next brew. Went out and got all the ingredients for the extract brew and will be doing it next week.

 

[centex99]

Been on the keg for 4 days... still very cloudy (I assume this will clear up in a week or so?)...
But first impression is its great... very mild/pleasant/smooth... hard to explain imho...

 

[Brickout]

Just racked to the keg today. It was pretty clear and tasted great!

 

[brew2enjoy]

Been on the keg for 4 days... still very cloudy (I assume this will clear up in a week or so?)...
But first impression is its great... very mild/pleasant/smooth... hard to explain imho...

You could always add some gelatin finings to the keg and give it a few days. I'm assuming the beer is already cold, so the gelatin will work very quick. After a few days pour the first pint or two of all the gunk that has settled and your good to go. Take a look at my picture a few posts back.

To add gelatin I simply fill a glass measuring cup with 1 cup of cold water and add 1 teaspoon of finings. Let it sit for 5 minutes, stir and then microwave for 30 sec. Check the temp and microwave for another 20 or so until you reach about 170*. Don't let it boil. Then pour into the cold keg. That's it.

 

[centex99]

Where do I buy them? They the same as geletin at the store for jams/jello?

 

[brew2enjoy]

Where do I buy them? They the same as geletin at the store for jams/jello?

Yup, just regular 'ol Knox brand unflavored gelatin

 

[Piratwolf]

A buddy of mine has challenged me to make a wasabi beer. I've read the few forum threads about that, and they all seem to be failures or inconclusive. Beyond that, however, does anyone agree that this CB would be a great base for a subtle heat from something like wasabi?

 

[shadows69]

Chew, sounds like your grain needs to be crushed spittle finer. If your getting your grain crushed from your lbs try adding an extra pound or some lme. You should be able to hit this dead on. Being it's your first all grain it will take some tweaks to get it right. I didn't get my first all grain right off the bat either, my problem was my grain crush, now I hit my numbers almost everytime. Just some food for thought.

 

[kapbrew13]

Used this recipe for my 1st all grain batch. It was really easy and it came out great. Only complaint was that the ABV was a bit lower than it should have been. Pretty sure that was just because of my inexperience though. I will definitely be brewing this one again.

What were your gravity readings? what did you use to measure FG?

 

[HBrew71]

sub'd

 

[Brickout]

Tapped the keg last night. We have a winner! Start to finish in 3 weeks, this beer tasted great! My neighbors loved it too. One of them asked me to make him two cases.

 

[tre9er]

Making this today. Just doughed-in about 20 minutes ago. Strike was a touch high and covered the mash, started timer at about 151.5 (if my thermo is calibrated!).

Also misread the recipe in the LHBS and got all Cascade hops. Oh well, sure it'll make beer.

Edit: Neighbor gave me 0.5 Challenger for bittering. Doing that at 60, then 1/3oz. of cascade at 40, 20, 5 (1/3oz. each addition)

 

[Brewcrew86]

I'm about to make the extract version of this centennial. Is there a reason why the hop additions differ from the all grain recipe. The all grain calls for a total of an ounce of each centennial cand cascade hops. The extract version only calls for an half oz each?

Help!

 

[Clifton]

The first is for a 10 gallon batch.

 

[Brewcrew86]

The first is for a 10 gallon batch.

Perfect! Thanks.

 

[Brewcrew86]

When I was steeping the grains...I picked up up the grain bag and dropped it in. A dark color, from the carapils, filled then water. How big of a problem is this?

 

[tre9er]

Did you boil whole grains, then?

 

[Brewcrew86]

No, I did the extract version. I only had to steep the carapils for 20ish minutes before adding the Dme. When the bag was steeping I picked it up and dropped it.

 

[tre9er]

But the grains never came out of the bag, right?

 

[Brewcrew86]

No, I had it tied. I read that you can't squeeze or drop the bag in the water. If you do the beer will have an off flavor? Sorry for the stupid question. This this my second brew.

 

[tre9er]

Not unless you boiled it. No worries

 

[Brewcrew86]

Thanks!

 

[Brewcrew86]

I pitch the yeast in the upper 80s for the centennial. I got impatient because it was so late. Should I be worried? Off flavors? Forgot to add that I do have fermentation activity.

 

[tre9er]

Probably get some Esters. Let it condition and it will be beer

 

[ido50]

So, even though I had 1.032 OG due to the mistakes I detailed earlier, the beer turned out pretty good. Smooth, very light, just a touch of hoppiness and very light sweetness. I'm very satisfied.

 

[jstuts2260]

This beer turned out awesome. I boosted the base grain a little and got it to 5.1%. She went from grain to glass in 11 days.

 

[tre9er]

You kegged it, right?

 

[jstuts2260]

Yes. I force carbed in my kegerator.

 

[jtkratzer]

Just kicked my first keg of this. I definitely need to brew this again. Thinking about dry hopping the next batch and/or upping the cascade hop additions.