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

[cowboy1]

Cold crash to get the yeast out of suspension and clear the beer and then keg it. bring it down to about 35 for a few days. will prob add gelatin to the keg to clear it even more.

Id just leave it in the primary the whole time then keg it. no need for secondary.

So just leave it in primary 7 - 9 days at 68 then drop to 35 for 2 -3 days then keg? Will it be ok to carb outside of my keezer at 75 after the 35 cold crash since that is where my extra line is for force carbing?

 

[j1n]

So just leave it in primary 7 - 9 days at 68 then drop to 35 for 2 -3 days then keg? Will it be ok to carb outside of my keezer at 75 after the 35 cold crash since that is where my extra line is for force carbing?

Yup, that would work just fine.

 

[cowboy1]

Yup, that would work just fine.

I have done some reading on cold crashing. What do I need to do to keep from vacuuming water out of my air lock into my beer? The post I went to had to many conflicting opinions.

Thanks for your help,

David

 

[j1n]

I have done some reading on cold crashing. What do I need to do to keep from vacuuming water out of my air lock into my beer? The post I went to had to many conflicting opinions.

Thanks for your help,

David

i take the airlock off and cover with sanitized foil. the little o2 that gets in isnt a big deal. co2 is heavier and will be on top of the beer.

 

[cowboy1]

i take the airlock off and cover with sanitized foil. the little o2 that gets in isnt a big deal. co2 is heavier and will be on top of the beer.

I ferment in a bottling bucket so the foil cover won't work. Do you think a air lock made like a water pipe would work? I have access to parts and tools to fabricate anything. Maybe put star San in the chamber, so whatever is pulled in from the outside is filter through star San.

 

[kirbcheck]

If you're fermenting in a bucket just put a sanitized lid on that hasn't been drilled.

 

[cowboy1]

If you're fermenting in a bucket just put a sanitized lid on that hasn't been drilled.

Now that sounds like the simplest solution. Thanks for the idea. I will do that this time. I might still make the other contraption to see if it works. I think it would work for a blow off and when cold crashing. Guess I have taken this thread off topic long enough thanks for all the help

 

[PeteNMA]

Just leave the water out of the airlock. Really it only serves to keep insects out, and the plastic parts can do that just fine. Pulling the lid off is going to remove most of the CO2 layer so I wouldn't do that.


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[paulster2626]

i take the airlock off and cover with sanitized foil. the little o2 that gets in isnt a big deal. co2 is heavier and will be on top of the beer.

It doesn't work like that. If it did, we'd all be dead.

 

[j1n]

It doesn't work like that. If it did, we'd all be dead.

Well it does work like that when the air first gets into the carboy. Yes, the air will eventually get all mixed in with the co2 but it would still be mostly co2 and would take a long time to oxidize the beer and isn't going to happen the 2-3 days of cold crashing.

 

[kirbcheck]

It doesn't work like that. If it did, we'd all be dead.

Actually, it kind of does work like that.

I'm curious why you think we'd all be dead of it did work that way. Are you concerned that infection would take over and poison your beer? Because some beers use open fermentation where they are fermented in large open containers (Bigfoot Barleywine for one). As I understand it, CO2 creates a barrier between your beer and the baddies floating around in the air.

I wouldn't just leave foil over hole as I try to eliminate all possibilities for inconsistency. However, it's most likely not going to lead to contamination.

 

[cowboy1]

I think I will just make a simple blow off that will vent when hooked up 1 way and then swap the hook up on the blow off and it will handle vacuum. It will filter incoming air through sanitizer before entering the fermenter. It shouldn't take a hour to build and $20 in parts. I will create a new thread with a couple pictures when it is done and put a link here if anyone is interested. Thanks for everybodys help.

 

[j1n]

Actually, it kind of does work like that.

I'm curious why you think we'd all be dead of it did work that way. Are you concerned that infection would take over and poison your beer? Because some beers use open fermentation where they are fermented in large open containers (Bigfoot Barleywine for one). As I understand it, CO2 creates a barrier between your beer and the baddies floating around in the air.

I wouldn't just leave foil over hole as I try to eliminate all possibilities for inconsistency. However, it's most likely not going to lead to contamination.

Hes saying that if co2 just fell and o2 sat up top we would all be dead since all the o2 would be far above our heads and we'd only be able to breathe the heavier gasses and we would all die due to lack of o2.

Since there is convection currents and because of gas diffusion all the gasses end up mixing into each other and we don't have separate layers of gasses.

The thing is, in a mostly closed container with co2 and a little bit of o2 with nothing to move the air around it would take longer for the co2 and the o2 to mix. Also the o2 would sit a top the co2 at first but eventually would be fully mixed in.

 

[kirbcheck]

Ah, so his comment was not referencing possible hazardous brewing practices. I just assumed this was the case as the application was such. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[paulster2626]

From what I've been told by some very science-y people, any O2 inside a space as small as a fermentation chamber and/or a fermenting bucket or carboy would be evenly mixed with the CO2 in a matter of minutes, convection or not.

I don't believe it's something to be overly concerned about, as I never have been and have good beers that have lasted longer than a year in bottles (the yeast are going to consume the O2 in there anyway as it carbs up the beer). But at the same time I don't assume there is a protective layer of immovable CO2, and just minimize the amount of messing around with the fermented beer.

 

[Homercidal]

Brewed 5 gallons of this on Saturday. Well, I didn't have Centennial, so I subbed Amarillo. And I wanted to try some Citra, so I subbed the Cascade for Citra too.

But other than that, it's identical to Centennial Blonde!

 

[j1n]

The only thing i did differently is dry hop .5 oz of centennial for 1 day before cold crashing. had some extra and wanted to add a little bit of hop aroma and flavor.

 

[paulster2626]

The 10-grams-of-cascade-in-a-tea-ball-in-a-keg version is carbing up nicely and is tasting great!

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Used Cascade and Falconers Flight in this and it came out perfect. Having one right now and its 98 degrees out. Timed this beer perfectly!! Just in time for the heat.

 

[comet]

Brewing up my second batch of this right now, my brother and a buddy of mine drank most of the first batch I did in one sitting! Had no centennial, but swapped in cascades for it this time. Should pair nicely with our hot Canadian summer

 

[J-Wood]

Wow... One sitting! Lol

 

[toast26]

Mine dropped from 1.042 to 1.007 in 7 days. Cold crashing now, in a keg tomorrow. Should be perfectly carbed and ready to roll for Memorial Day.

Now... to dry hop or not to dry hop. That is the question.

 

[BadBeagleBrew]

Brewing up my second batch of this right now, my brother and a buddy of mine drank most of the first batch I did in one sitting! Had no centennial, but swapped in cascades for it this time. Should pair nicely with our hot Canadian summer

Hopefully this year's summer is a warm week, that is a lot of beer to drink in that short period of time though

 

[Upthewazzu]

I just wanted to chime in and mention how resilient this stuff is. I brewed up a 5gal batch at the end of January, bottled sometime in February, and then life happened and didn't get around to drinking much of it until last night. Popped a bottle open expecting little to no hop flavor and aroma but to my surprise it was still there. For a basic blonde ale, this stuff is liquid gold!

 

[justineaton]

It's a light enough style that any spice or fruit would come through pretty well.

It would probably lend itself very well to adding some bitter orange peel. I’ve added orange peel to light blondes before and they’re been well received.

I have never used bitter orange peel before, how much of that do you suggest adding and when? Thanks.

 

[McRoth]

I have never used bitter orange peel before, how much of that do you suggest adding and when? Thanks.

I'm making a wit this weekend that calls for 3/4 Oz if that helps. Add 10 minutes left in the boil.

 

[E-Bot]

Started a batch 12 days ago. Lost a gallon due to a unsecured hose on whirlpool (Protip: always check that, unless you want to wear boiling wort, like I did [fortunately without severe injury]), but the OG ended up being so high I diluted with a gallon of water anyway.

Took 18 hours to get going but was done and dropping clear on day 5. Waited until this morning to keg (mostly on account of being lazy) and am currently on my third pint, even the leftovers on the bottom of the carboy were fantastic. I hope this lasts til the party tomorrow.

This recipe is a winner, make no mistake.

 

[justineaton]

I'm making a wit this weekend that calls for 3/4 Oz if that helps. Add 10 minutes left in the boil.

Thanks, I was kind of in the mood for a wit but this sounded good so I decided to compromise and add the orange peel to this recipe. Is that for five gallons?

 

[McRoth]

Thanks, I was kind of in the mood for a wit but this sounded good so I decided to compromise and add the orange peel to this recipe. Is that for five gallons?

Yep.

 

[Larzean]

Brewed this today, used us05