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Blonde Ale Centennial Blonde (Simple 4% All Grain, 5 & 10 Gall)
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carlk47
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OK so I wasn't sure if I liked this one as much when I first tapped it this weekend.. now after trying it again tonight.. wow this a great easy way to brew this beer. Definitely the CB that I remember brewing 30 gals of last year. Might have a slight bit more citrus hops presence, but I am all for it. The centennial/cascade mix is dynamite!
Anyone pressed for time I recommend experimenting with the short boil extract batch. Im going to keep adjusting the ingredients and times, but I'm expecting to be bumping this up to 5 gal batches fairly quickly.. I think the 2.5 gals is almost gone already.
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What the heck happened here!? I just went to check my gravity and this beer turned out super cloudy. The taste and aroma are spot on, but man this beer is ugly! Here's a comparison between the last time I brewed this, and the most recent time. I thought this brew was one of my most successful yet as far as hitting my numbers went.
Another note: I remember this beer looking just about as cloudy coming out of my plate chiller and into the fermentor. I hoped it'd clear up a bit, but it looks like it might be a lost cause
Another note: I remember this beer looking just about as cloudy coming out of my plate chiller and into the fermentor. I hoped it'd clear up a bit, but it looks like it might be a lost cause
I brewed this on Monday.
Changed the grain bill a little.
8# 2 row
.5# Vienna
.25 Carapils
Preboil gravity was low so I threw in 1# of light DME last 15 minutes of the boil to bump it up.
Same hop schedule.
Us-05 @ 65 degrees.
Its a-bubblin away!
Changed the grain bill a little.
8# 2 row
.5# Vienna
.25 Carapils
Preboil gravity was low so I threw in 1# of light DME last 15 minutes of the boil to bump it up.
Same hop schedule.
Us-05 @ 65 degrees.
Its a-bubblin away!
Just finished up a snowy brew day with a 5 gallon all-grain batch of Centennial Blonde. Hit mash temp square on the nose at 150 and collected approximately 6.7 gallons of wort at 1.033 SG. Followed original brew schedule for a 60 minute boil and ended up collecting only 4.25 gallons of wort at 1.05 SG (a butt load of trub from the Whirlflock in the bottom of the kettle).
I topped up the fermentor with .75 gallons of purified water to reach an OG of 1.04. Transferred to fermentor and man this beer was light and clear, I could have read a newspaper through the hose when I was transferring. Pitched a package of US-05 and into the basement at 60 degrees to ferment for the next few weeks.
Can't believe I went from 6.7 gallons of wort pre-boil to collecting only 4.25 gallons. There must have been at least 1.5 gallons of trub in the bottom of the kettle that I sacrificed to the 4 ft snow bank at the end of my driveway. I have to admit, I winced a little when I poured it out.
Can't wait to put this one on tap and see if it is as good as everyone says.
I topped up the fermentor with .75 gallons of purified water to reach an OG of 1.04. Transferred to fermentor and man this beer was light and clear, I could have read a newspaper through the hose when I was transferring. Pitched a package of US-05 and into the basement at 60 degrees to ferment for the next few weeks.
Can't believe I went from 6.7 gallons of wort pre-boil to collecting only 4.25 gallons. There must have been at least 1.5 gallons of trub in the bottom of the kettle that I sacrificed to the 4 ft snow bank at the end of my driveway. I have to admit, I winced a little when I poured it out.
Can't wait to put this one on tap and see if it is as good as everyone says.
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I bottled this today and got 21 12 oz bottles. The hydro sample tasted excellent, even though I didn't follow the original recipe like I wanted. FG was 1008. Can't wait to taste this one cold and carbed.
I have been making a few small batches of this over the last few months. Adjusting the finishing hop to citra, or amarillo, and in the final one added in double the quantity but using riwaka.
The riwaka one finished up wonderfully hoppy. Mashed high to keep the finishing gravity up and maintain a lower alcohol content. Managed to start at 1045 and still only go 4% alcohol.
The riwaka one finished up wonderfully hoppy. Mashed high to keep the finishing gravity up and maintain a lower alcohol content. Managed to start at 1045 and still only go 4% alcohol.
Kirkwooder
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Just finished up a snowy brew day with a 5 gallon all-grain batch of Centennial Blonde. Hit mash temp square on the nose at 150 and collected approximately 6.7 gallons of wort at 1.033 SG. Followed original brew schedule for a 60 minute boil and ended up collecting only 4.25 gallons of wort at 1.05 SG (a butt load of trub from the Whirlflock in the bottom of the kettle).
I topped up the fermentor with .75 gallons of purified water to reach an OG of 1.04. Transferred to fermentor and man this beer was light and clear, I could have read a newspaper through the hose when I was transferring. Pitched a package of US-05 and into the basement at 60 degrees to ferment for the next few weeks.
Can't believe I went from 6.7 gallons of wort pre-boil to collecting only 4.25 gallons. There must have been at least 1.5 gallons of trub in the bottom of the kettle that I sacrificed to the 4 ft snow bank at the end of my driveway. I have to admit, I winced a little when I poured it out.
Can't wait to put this one on tap and see if it is as good as everyone says.
Next time dump that 1 1/2 gallon into a separate fermenter and let it ferment out. You will be amazed at how much clear beer you can end up with. An extra 6 pack or so most times. :rockin:
Thanks, good idea. I recently picked up a few 3 gallon buckets. Sounds like I'm going to be drilling out one of the lids and setting it up as a small batch fermentor.
jekeane
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Picked up the grain bill today going to try my first 11g batch using this recipe. It seems proven good and it is a pretty cheap grain bill which is nice seeing ill be using my keggle mash tun for the first time since i got it months ago.
Questions: Are people just using 1 packet of yeast for both fermenters? I saw somewhere on one of the pages Bier said he rehydrates a pack at the start of the boil then splits it. That what everyone is doing?
Questions: Are people just using 1 packet of yeast for both fermenters? I saw somewhere on one of the pages Bier said he rehydrates a pack at the start of the boil then splits it. That what everyone is doing?
I've usually just re-pitched slurrys of whatever yeast I was using. Come to think of it I've never used a fresh yeast in this recipe. It's a low enough OG that one pack of dry yeast (rehydrated) should be plenty to do the job. Or if you're like me use 2 different yeast just to get a good side by side comparison. Happy brewing!
OK so I wasn't sure if I liked this one as much when I first tapped it this weekend.. now after trying it again tonight.. wow this a great easy way to brew this beer. Definitely the CB that I remember brewing 30 gals of last year. Might have a slight bit more citrus hops presence, but I am all for it. The centennial/cascade mix is dynamite!
Anyone pressed for time I recommend experimenting with the short boil extract batch. Im going to keep adjusting the ingredients and times, but I'm expecting to be bumping this up to 5 gal batches fairly quickly.. I think the 2.5 gals is almost gone already.
Do you have more specific instructions/steps?
What the heck happened here!? I just went to check my gravity and this beer turned out super cloudy. The taste and aroma are spot on, but man this beer is ugly! Here's a comparison between the last time I brewed this, and the most recent time. I thought this brew was one of my most successful yet as far as hitting my numbers went.
Another note: I remember this beer looking just about as cloudy coming out of my plate chiller and into the fermentor. I hoped it'd clear up a bit, but it looks like it might be a lost cause
Cold crash couple of days then hit it with some gelatin for a week or so, maybe that will help out some
What the heck happened here!? I just went to check my gravity and this beer turned out super cloudy. The taste and aroma are spot on, but man this beer is ugly! Here's a comparison6 between the last time I brewed this, and the most recent time. I thought this brew was one of my most successful yet as far as hitting my numbers went.
Another note: I remember this beer looking just about as cloudy coming out of my plate chiller and into the fermentor. I hoped it'd clear up a bit, but it looks like it might be a lost cause
Cold crash couple of days then hit it with some gelatin for a week or so, maybe that will help out some
jekeane
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What a disaster of a brew day... First 10g batch using a keggle mashtun for the first time. the false bottom was/is not flush with the bottom so got a stuck sparge that only full disassembly could fix... Took forever so who knows what the result will be. In the process I missed my volumes and wound up over correcting 10 hours laters stuff is mostly clean and the wort is in the fermentation chamber trying to get down the last few degrees. On a positive note it was a stellar day outside so it could have been worse.
Anyways Im still stuck on this single pack of yeast question. Do you rehydrate following the package directions 100ml per 11.5g and then spilt it or are people using more water? Im so used to bigger beers that i'm not trusting the process.
Anyways Im still stuck on this single pack of yeast question. Do you rehydrate following the package directions 100ml per 11.5g and then spilt it or are people using more water? Im so used to bigger beers that i'm not trusting the process.
Jekeane:
I know that many would say that one pack of yeast is not enough for 10g, but Notingham a monster!
I use one pack for a 13 gallon batch!
If I split it, I rehydrate for the 15 minutes, stir and wait another 5, then gradually add filtered water to double the volume and slowly drop the temperature to that of the wort.
Of course a well oxygenated wort is also part of the package.
Tom
I know that many would say that one pack of yeast is not enough for 10g, but Notingham a monster!
I use one pack for a 13 gallon batch!
If I split it, I rehydrate for the 15 minutes, stir and wait another 5, then gradually add filtered water to double the volume and slowly drop the temperature to that of the wort.
Of course a well oxygenated wort is also part of the package.
Tom
thadeus_d3
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Added 2 x 30oz cans of mango pulp to this beer in the secondary for a week before kegging. The beer tasted good even flat. Can't wait to see how it turns out when it's carbed.
jekeane
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I split it after rehydrating however 24 hours later I still have no visible activity. Fermenter likely got down to 60-62 last night is that cold enough to stall out Nottingham?
carlk47
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mpghm check out this thread and you should get more info:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-210253/
This is the basic concept!
allentwnguy
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I have to say this is my most "played" with beer recipes. I've played with it so much I couldn't even tell you what the original recipe was!! There's been Dirty Blond, Dirty Blond Mosaic a Dirty Blond Citra and the latest incarnation was a Dirty Blond on Steroids where I amped it up a little more than usual. My first blond ale of this season will be back to the original recipe to refresh my memory! Never had so much fun with a recipe before! I've probably brewed at least 10 batches from this recipe in 5 or 6 versions.
thadeus_d3
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Do you happen to have the hop schedule for the Dirty Blonde Citra and Mosaic? I have close to a lb of both and planned on using them this weekend.
allentwnguy
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By the time I made the Citra version I had pumped it up a little. I used 7.5 pounds of 2row and 1 of Carapils. I left the 10L and vienna stand. And kicked it up with 1.5 lb DME (don't know why I didn't use grains but I probably didn't want to throw off the malt profile that much, who knows, I was playing)
Hops I used Citra and Amarillo
.25 Citra 60
.25 Citra 25
.25 Amarillo 20
.25 Amarillo 5
.25 Amarillo 1
And I dry hopped with .5 of each.
I basically pushed up the OG to 1.053 and ABV but color (a hair darker) and IBU's stay in balance. On this recipe I lost my notes... the computer dumped them for some reason. But I remember the keg being emptied fairly quickly!
Hey guys, new brewer here. brewed this up (my third brew ever) on the 8th for a bday party on the 28th. That gives me twenty days total. I made a starter with the notty and pitched the slurry. It took off like a rocket and was bubbling like crazy, airlock acitivity slowed to a crawl two days later though!?? Brewed it sunday pitched around 6:30pm. Fermentation set at 68 degrees.By tuesday airlock activity was slow. Almost all krausen has completly receded now on the wed 11th. What's up with that? Crazy!
If I give it 10 days in the primary, then cold crash the primary for two more, and give it 8 days in the keg I should be good to go? Or should I give it longer in the primary and shorten the keg time??
Also I was thinking of hitting it at 30 psi for a day then setting it at 12 psi for 7 days up until the party. Sound about right??
If I give it 10 days in the primary, then cold crash the primary for two more, and give it 8 days in the keg I should be good to go? Or should I give it longer in the primary and shorten the keg time??
Also I was thinking of hitting it at 30 psi for a day then setting it at 12 psi for 7 days up until the party. Sound about right??
Right on! Really pumped. I have this and an APA that I'll be taking. First time I've shared with a group of people.
Thanks for the input
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Hi, newbie here. Brew the original recipe yesterday. That was my first brew ever, many lessons learned.
I ended up with only 4.5 gal and the OG was 1.051. Lost 2 gallons on the boil, guess I will need to low down that burner!
Lets see how it will turn out.
Cheers!
I ended up with only 4.5 gal and the OG was 1.051. Lost 2 gallons on the boil, guess I will need to low down that burner!
Lets see how it will turn out.
Cheers!
thadeus_d3
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Perfect, thank you. I'll make a 10g batch of this recipe this weekend.
allentwnguy
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Nice! I'll be looking forward to hear how it is. Always good to get some feedback. I've been looking for fellow brewers here in Buffalo but even with one a few houses away it is hard to get feedback.
