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

[LovesIPA]

I have been steadily quaffing pint after pint of this now that it's carbed. It's very good and I will brew it again. I followed the recipe to the letter FWIW.

 

[MarcusKillion]

enjoying one right now . A couple weeks ferment and a couple in the bottle and this is good .

 

[Ply318ci]

Brewed this last night. Used Chinook as the bittering and Hallertauer and Mt. Hood combined at 35,20,5 min. At the last second I added Chinook again at flame out just because I like the smell. I did this mainly because I don't have any Centennial and had used cascade in my last two beers and wanted something different. I got higher then expected 85% efficiency so according to Beersmith this should end up at 5% ABV. Can't wait to try this. Also using some washed US-05 and fermenting cool.

 

[L1truckie]

Adjusted the 5 gal recipe to my system and hit all my numbers and volumes perfectly today I varied the yeast from the original recipe, using a US-05 slurry from a 1.040 American wheat that I kegged yesterday. Looking forward to trying this recipe as it seems extremely popular.

2 weeks in primary, kegged and force carbed over 36 hours ready to tap on the 4th......5 days later and this thing still needs some time. The smell is wonderfull. The taste isn't there A little disappointed at this point as I had such high hopes for this, as I hit the numbers perfectly and the rave reviews it gets. Think I'll let it condition another week in the keg and hopefully it will blend and mellow out. Hopefully in a week it's as good as everyone says

 

[ajlee]

2 weeks in primary, kegged and force carbed over 36 hours ready to tap on the 4th......5 days later and this thing still needs some time. The smell is wonderfull. The taste isn't there A little disappointed at this point as I had such high hopes for this, as I hit the numbers perfectly and the rave reviews it gets. Think I'll let it condition another week in the keg and hopefully it will blend and mellow out. Hopefully in a week it's as good as everyone says

I felt the same way about it, after a couple more weeks it was delicious.

 

[FATC1TY]

It needs a week atleast to bulk condition and will taste better then. I fermented for 8 days and then kegged it. Tasted good but its better after close to a week and a half on tap.

Usually the case with most beer. It's gettin into its prime once the keg kicks.

 

[walcotteric]

Brewed this a few weeks ago, bottled last week. Tasted one after 4 days of conditioning, tasted REALLY GOOD! Can't wait to see how good it is after a few more days of conditioning. Great summer beer.

 

[jflongo]

It needs a week atleast to bulk condition and will taste better then. I fermented for 8 days and then kegged it. Tasted good but its better after close to a week and a half on tap.

Usually the case with most beer. It's gettin into its prime once the keg kicks.

Maybe you guys could keg it, purge the air with CO2, let it sit in secondary for a week or so, then put in under pressure to carbonize it?

 

[FATC1TY]

Maybe you guys could keg it, purge the air with CO2, let it sit in secondary for a week or so, then put in under pressure to carbonize it?

Sure. But it's easier to just chill it and carb it and not touch it for an extra week until its ready if that's the case. No sense in putting off carbing it if you've got room in the keezer.

It's a decent light beer out of the gate. I was drinking it right around 13 or 14 days from grain to glass. Another week and it tasted better. It's not my favorite style or recipe by any stretch but its a light beer and BMC drinkers cup of tea everytime.

 

[Xtant]

Just learned an important lesson, today: never brew when my three year old is home, but my wife isn't.

With all the distractions, my boil has gone like this:

2 lbs DME @ 60 min
1/4 oz Centennial @ 45 min
Reset timer @ 25 min
3lbs DME @ 10 min
1/4 oz Cascade @10 min
Oh **** why do I have leftover hops @ 10 min
1/4 oz Centennial @ 20 min
1/2 oz year-old Cascade @ 10 min
1/4 oz Cascade @ 5 min

Ummm... it'll be beer, but what kind and how good, I'm not sure.

 

[pfgonzo]

Oh **** why do I have leftover hops @ 10 min

Just throw them all in at the end, and whirlpool it (or chill it to 150 or so and give it a 30 min hop stand), and make yourself a hoppy blonde!

I know I'd give anything for a hoppy blonde while my wife is away

 

[HopheadNJ]

Planning on brewing 10 gallons of this tomorrow. Pitching 5 gallons with Nottingham and 5 gallons with Mangrove Jack's M44 US West Coast Yeast that I picked up today.

 

[user 78027]

I know I'd give anything for a hoppy blonde while my wife is away

Or you can throw in some carared and turn her into a hoppy redhead

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Just learned an important lesson, today: never brew when my three year old is home, but my wife isn't.

With all the distractions, my boil has gone like this:

2 lbs DME @ 60 min
1/4 oz Centennial @ 45 min
Reset timer @ 25 min
3lbs DME @ 10 min
1/4 oz Cascade @10 min
Oh **** why do I have leftover hops @ 10 min
1/4 oz Centennial @ 20 min
1/2 oz year-old Cascade @ 10 min
1/4 oz Cascade @ 5 min

Ummm... it'll be beer, but what kind and how good, I'm not sure.

ROFLMAO Blonde! Chill to 36 and enjoy!! It has to be better than a BMC? Right?

 

[joydivision]

I did the 5 gallon batch and it turned out flavorless w a citrus aftertaste. Very disappointed. I had a smooth brewing process for the most part. The only problem was the mash temp was a little to high, but after putting about a quarter gallon on lukewarm water in I was able to stabilize it.what do you think happened?

 

[Helly]

My extract version is on tap and is rounding into shape. Big party with some friends next Saturday and I foresee this keg going fast.

 

[part16john]

Cleared up pretty well and tastes great. Will brew this again.

 

[Colrain]

Brewing this right now for the third time on a beautiful Sunday afternoon here in eastern Canada. You know it's bad when you don't need to look at the recipe anymore lol

Thanks BM!

 

[LovesIPA]

My girlfriend's son-in-law was over the other night. He has tried most of my beers but hasn't cared for them. He only drinks Corona and he openly admits he doesn't even like beer. He only drinks Corona because it doesn't have much flavor and it gets him buzzed.

After a couple sips of this beer the other night he said, "You finally made something good!" Three pints later I knew that he was sincere.

This keg kicked in record time, too. Will be putting this on the brew schedule again very soon.

 

[westicle]

Brewed this a month ago, only thing I changed was upped the 2 row and a pond of corn sugar to get the OG to 1.046 tasted one tonight after a week in the bottle and Im very impressed. Brewing this again next weekend. Thanks for the recipe

 

[Sheldon]

Bier

Brewed this up for a bunch of neighbors that like that light tasting stuff. The case and a half were gone in no time. I wanted to add a bit more fruitiness to the recipe and was thinking of maybe trying Falconer Flight for flavor and aroma or even the entire hops bill. What do you think?

Sheldon

 

[LookingGlass]

Have brewed 2-5 gallon batches of this since the end of May. Made minor alterations to it. Went with 8# 2 row 9.6 ozs of Carapils, 10 L, and Vienna. Upped the Centennial to .3 oz, same time schedule= delicious. Almost 5.5%.
2nd go around I subbed Amarillo hops for the cascade. Gonna bottle in late July. Used wyeast 1056 each time as a starter. Thanks for the recipe...

 

[LookingGlass]

Bier

Brewed this up for a bunch of neighbors that like that light tasting stuff. The case and a half were gone in no time. I wanted to add a bit more fruitiness to the recipe and was thinking of maybe trying Falconer Flight for flavor and aroma or even the entire hops bill. What do you think?

Sheldon

I just got 2 ounces of FF pellets. Wondering what I should do with them and I might try them in my altered recipe of this solid recipe. Try it, you can't go wrong.

 

[zach1288]

I bottled this one week ago. I tried one today and the carbonation is good but it tastes a little yeasty/young. I'm assuming that it will taste better in a couple weeks?

 

[Sheldon]

LookingGlass, thats what I am thinking.

 

[Sheldon]

Has anyone tried the BRY-97 yeast on this recipe. Seems like it might be appropriate.

Sheldon

 

[Groner]

Has anyone tried the BRY-97 yeast on this recipe. Seems like it might be appropriate.

Sheldon

I did! In fact I did it alongside the Nottingham in a split batch. I'll bring some here so you can try:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/nova-homebrewers-gather-421897/

 

[adriedel]

My crawlspace where i ferment is at 67 degrees. Do you all think that will be cold enought for this beer? The ground should suck some heat out of it.

THanks

 

[MarcusKillion]

My crawlspace where i ferment is at 67 degrees. Do you all think that will be cold enought for this beer? The ground should suck some heat out of it.

THanks

I have used 70 to 72 degrees room temp for everything up until this last batch and they all come out good . Only about 1 or 2 degrees difference in beer and room temp as far as I can tell from checking my cream of three crops I did in fridge a few weeks ago.
You will be just fine at 67 . 68 degrees is exactly what I did my centennial in and it is great! I am getting ready to enjoy another one in a few minutes . Nice beer .

 

[Helly]

Well it was 91 degrees tonight and my softball team got waxed, but I came home and went in the pool and had a couple pints of this and life is good. I think my friends are going to like this one on Saturday, I better order the ingredients to start another batch.