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

[Biscuits]

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[normonster]

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Well I'll be damned....looks just like mine!

 

[JMathie77]

Here's mine. Man it's good!

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[Shenanigans]

Wanted to brew this tomorrow but there is a delay with the pale ale malt and Nottingham I ordered They should be here in time to brew next weekend. However I have a party planned for 22-July.

I'll be bottling, will 3 weeks be long enough to turn this around?

If not then I will have to brew this weekend but have a few choices to make:

1. Maris Otter or Pilsner as the base malt or a mix or of both or Pilsner with a bit more Vienna or Munich.
2. Yeast - US-05, S-04 or BRY-97

Thanks for your input.

 

[BrewCityBaller]

Wanted to brew this tomorrow but there is a delay with the pale ale malt and Nottingham I ordered They should be here in time to brew next weekend. However I have a party planned for 22-July.

I'll be bottling, will 3 weeks be long enough to turn this around?

If not then I will have to brew this weekend but have a few choices to make:

1. Maris Otter or Pilsner as the base malt or a mix or of both or Pilsner with a bit more Vienna or Munich.
2. Yeast - US-05, S-04 or BRY-97

Thanks for your input.

Might you mean 22-Aug? Otherwise you're late to your own party!

I think two weeks in primary and a week in bottles will be okay. Will probably be a little green, and maybe a little flat though. I have a batch going right now that I plan to keg after two weeks, serve in three. This one has a pretty quick turnaround.

Otherwise I would use MO instead of 2-row, but that's just me and I love the stuff.

 

[chexjc]

So I brewed this beer as my first all grain batch yesterday! All in all, it went pretty well, with a couple of hiccups. Poured the sparge water in with the valve open (d'oh) and boiled over, but I think I made beer!

My biggest issue, I ended up with an OG of 1.055 instead of 1.040.

I think the oversight of the 5.5 gallon batch size and an overzealous boil where the main contributors to this problem. Maybe you guys can help out?

I batch sparged with 11.4 qts at 150 and held it just about perfectly for 60 minutes. Then I double-sparged with ~2 gallons twice and ended up with 6.3 gallons of wort at 1.40. 80% efficiency, or so Beersmith told me.

Somehow I boiled down to 4.75 gallons into the fermentor and an OG of 1.055. All readings are temperature corrected, but I did take the pre-boil at 109 degrees.

The sample was freaking delicious though! How do you think this'll turn out? I pitched some rehydrated US-05...will it be too harsh if it heads north of 6% with just 1oz of hops and such a light malt bill?

 

[BrewCityBaller]

So I brewed this beer as my first all grain batch yesterday! All in all, it went pretty well, with a couple of hiccups. Poured the sparge water in with the valve open (d'oh) and boiled over, but I think I made beer!

My biggest issue, I ended up with an OG of 1.055 instead of 1.040.

I think the oversight of the 5.5 gallon batch size and an overzealous boil where the main contributors to this problem. Maybe you guys can help out?

I batch sparged with 11.4 qts at 150 and held it just about perfectly for 60 minutes. Then I double-sparged with ~2 gallons twice and ended up with 6.3 gallons of wort at 1.40. 80% efficiency, or so Beersmith told me.

Somehow I boiled down to 4.75 gallons into the fermentor and an OG of 1.055. All readings are temperature corrected, but I did take the pre-boil at 109 degrees.

The sample was freaking delicious though! How do you think this'll turn out? I pitched some rehydrated US-05...will it be too harsh if it heads north of 6% with just 1oz of hops and such a light malt bill?

Just a thought for the future, if you boil down too far you can always top off with clean water to reach your desired volume and OG. I have a spreadsheet that I use and based on the post-mash gravity and post-boil volume I know exactly how much water I need to add to reach my OG. This would be true the other way if your efficiency was low; how far do I need to boil down to reach desired OG.

US-05 has an attenuation of ~80%, so you could end up with 5.5-6% ABV. Might be a bit boozy, but it's your first all grain, you'll enjoy it all the same.

 

[Biscuits]

Wanted to brew this tomorrow but there is a delay with the pale ale malt and Nottingham I ordered They should be here in time to brew next weekend. However I have a party planned for 22-July.

I'll be bottling, will 3 weeks be long enough to turn this around?

If not then I will have to brew this weekend but have a few choices to make:

1. Maris Otter or Pilsner as the base malt or a mix or of both or Pilsner with a bit more Vienna or Munich.
2. Yeast - US-05, S-04 or BRY-97

Thanks for your input.

Honestly, You can probably split the difference between fermentation and bottle conditioning and still have great results. I.e.: cut fermentation down to 10 days, it isn't a very high OG beer, so I think 10 days will be more than enough to complete fermentation and even clean up a bit...then it will give you more time in the bottle to condition.

 

[normonster]

05 makes a better CBlonde than 04. Had to come here and say it. It's just less fruity and way more crisp.

 

[Shenanigans]

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback.
Of course the party is 22-August

I'll takes your points into consideration and decide later today what I'll do.

 

[snd1990]

To Shenanigans: one thing I always do is to replace 2 or 3 glass bottles with 2 or 3 plastic 12 or 16 oz bottles. It makes it much easier to judge how carbonation is going just by squeezing the plastic bottle.

 

[Shenanigans]

To Shenanigans: one thing I always do is to replace 2 or 3 glass bottles with 2 or 3 plastic 12 or 16 oz bottles. It makes it much easier to judge how carbonation is going just by squeezing the plastic bottle.

Good idea.
I have some swing top bottles so what I usually do is fill a few of those and pop them to see how the carbonation is going. Just slightly open them so you can close them quickly before any foam comes out.

BTW I'm going to brew this with Maris Otter and US-05.
Grains are already crushed so no going back now
Will start bright and early tomorrow morning.
Second beer will be a white IPA with the Forbidden Fruit yeast. :cross:

 

[BrewerE]

05 makes a better CBlonde than 04. Had to come here and say it. It's just less fruity and way more crisp.

Agree 100%

 

[HiImBrian]

Agree 100%

but would you say that Nottingham is better than 05 or no? I've made this twice using Nottingham each time. Main reason I like it is because I can then name this "Notti Blonde" haha.

 

[TRENDKILL]

What would be an ideal water profile for this recipe? Im going to brew this next weekend and my starting water is RO

 

[BrewerE]

but would you say that Nottingham is better than 05 or no? I've made this twice using Nottingham each time. Main reason I like it is because I can then name this "Notti Blonde" haha.

I have only ever used s04 and s05. (30 batches or so)
So I don't know.

 

[normonster]

What would be an ideal water profile for this recipe? Im going to brew this next weekend and my starting water is RO

RO alone does this recipe justice IMO. That's what I use for it every time.

 

[brew703]

I will be making a 1 gal batch this weekend along with DA Yoopers pale ale recipe. I didn't read the entire thread but skimmed through several pages.
My question: the pale ale recipe calls for US-05 yeast and this recipe calls for Nottingham. Which one would be best for both? I only need approx. 2 grams yeast for each batch so I really do not want to buy two different yeasts.

 

[brewprint]

I will be making a 1 gal batch this weekend along with DA Yoopers pale ale recipe. I didn't read the entire thread but skimmed through several pages.
My question: the pale ale recipe calls for US-05 yeast and this recipe calls for Nottingham. Which one would be best for both? I only need approx. 2 grams yeast for each batch so I really do not want to buy two different yeasts.

I've only used 1056 for this recipe which is close to either. My understanding is that Nottingham and 05 are pretty much the same making clean profiles. I personally think that 05 gives an off a flavor but as you will read the profile is a 'clean' yeast. That's why I use 1056 because that is surely clean to my palate.

 

[normonster]

O5 all the way

 

[Brewdit]

I like S-05 much better as well, it's dryer, crisper, more lager like, big difference in taste between Notty and the S-05.

Cheers

 

[normonster]

I like S-05 much better as well, it's dryer, crisper, more lager like, big difference in taste between Notty and the S-05.



Cheers

Yeah, I haven't used notty but last time around I used 04 and it's not as "drinkable" as the 05 IMO. Your description nailed it.

 

[jwalkermed]

What would be an ideal water profile for this recipe? Im going to brew this next weekend and my starting water is RO

I used the bru n water yellow balanced profile and it turned out great.

 

[jwalkermed]

I used wlp090 which I love. It was super clean.

 

[mattdee1]

Brewed this as my 2nd batch and polished off the first few bottles the other night. To be honest, in reading this thread, I thought there was a lot of hyperbole being thrown about... but no, this beer is that damn good.

 

[bern1]

My 1st All Grain. Just got off work after 40 hours of Midnight shift and opened a bottle. It's only been conditioning for a week (couldn't wait any longer....it was killing me !!!!). Wow....this is really good. Followed the recipe exactly and I'm pleased with the results. Actually brewed another 5 gallons of this last weekend so I'll be drinking this for a while. Just awesome. This pic really doesn't do it justice ....it's so darn clear in person.....but anyway.....

 

[chucknorris101]

what carbonation levels does everyone use? (bottling)

 

[Biscuits]

what carbonation levels does everyone use? (bottling)

I used 2.4 I believe.

 

[bondra76]

Brewing this again today for a Fantasy Football Draft on the 22nd.

Using Jarrylo hops (bittering) and Galaxy (aromatic)

Probably won't be as good, but I am really trying to experiment with new things and these hops sounded interesting. I'm not very sold on Jarrylo though (lots of people complaining about taste of plastic, and I pick it up a little in the smell). Hopefully using it as a bitter hop will erode away that taste.

 

[Shenanigans]

Just finished brewing this but got an OG 1.045.
First time I brewed such a low gravity beer so it looks like the efficiency of my BIAB system shot up by about 10% compared to when I used a heavier grain bill. My White IPA was spot on at 1.061 though