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

[AZBeer]

Love this recipe. Great summer beer. Thinking about dry hopping with Lemondrop hop. Anybody tried this or dry hopped with something else?

I will let you know. I am going to brew this in a few weeks, and I am going to dry hop it with Lemon Drop.

 

[Rush]

Made this for a 2nd time a few days ago. Changed up the malts in the recipe but kept the hops the same.

Batch Size: 5.5G
OG: 1.042
Expected FG: 1.007
IBU: 25
SRM: 4.3
ABV: 4.56%
Efficiency: 75%

Total cost: $10.43

Revised recipe:
6LB - American 2-Row - $6
1LB - Vienna - $1.62
1LB - Munich 10L - $1.62
0.5LB - Carapils - $0.76
.5oz Centennial/.5oz Cascade - $0.43
US-05 Yeast slurry - $0.00

Honestly can't touch this recipe with a stick for $0.20 a bottle.

I brewed this recipe to have along side of an Oktoberfest and a milk stout for a Halloween party that we have every year.

Here is how I got my costs to where they are. I purchase my sacks of base grain for $50/50LB at my LHBS. I purchase 5LB bags of specialty grains from Morebeer to get free shipping over $50. I also purchase my hops by the LB from Yakima Valley Hops. Both Centennial and Cascade were $5/LB, $7 with shipping from YVH.

Considering dry hopping with 1oz of Cascade due to the added malts, but I'll wait to see how it tastes/smells after fermentation.

 

[boomerbrian]

Made this for a 2nd time a few days ago. Changed up the malts in the recipe but kept the hops the same.

Batch Size: 5.5G
OG: 1.042
Expected FG: 1.007
IBU: 25
SRM: 4.3
ABV: 4.56%
Efficiency: 75%

Total cost: $10.43

Revised recipe:
6LB - American 2-Row - $6
1LB - Vienna - $1.62
1LB - Munich 10L - $1.62
0.5LB - Carapils - $0.76
.5oz Centennial/.5oz Cascade - $0.43
US-05 Yeast slurry - $0.00

Honestly can't touch this recipe with a stick for $0.20 a bottle.

I brewed this recipe to have along side of an Oktoberfest and a milk stout for a Halloween party that we have every year.

Here is how I got my costs to where they are. I purchase my sacks of base grain for $50/50LB at my LHBS. I purchase 5LB bags of specialty grains from Morebeer to get free shipping over $50. I also purchase my hops by the LB from Yakima Valley Hops. Both Centennial and Cascade were $5/LB, $7 with shipping from YVH.

Considering dry hopping with 1oz of Cascade due to the added malts, but I'll wait to see how it tastes/smells after fermentation.

Interesting. I wast thinking of swapping the crystal for munich. Should give it a little more body. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[AaronFrom]

Hey guys, I’m going to make this brew, but in a even smaller batch.. I am going to cut the 5.5 in half & make it. I am curious if the hops are the exact same? Like the centennial hops that you add at 60 & 40mins, and cascade at 20 & 5 mins are they the same? I would only need to open one packet of 1/4 oz each if that’s the case. Thanks!!

 

[boomerbrian]

Hop schedule will stay the same. Amounts will just be scaled down. I usually just put the recipe as is in Brewers Friend and then scale it. It handle everything

 

[TheBrewBrotha]

Has anyone tried Brewing this recipe with any other yeast strains?

 

[boomerbrian]

First batch I made I used US05. Turned out great

 

[brew703]

I've brewed this one a few times. Gonna re-brew in November or December with Munich, Columbus FWH, Centennial/Cascasde at zero and DH w/Cascade.
This will be my first brew which i will keg.

 

[TheBrewBrotha]

Has anyone tried this recipe with Cascade as bittering and Centennial as aroma?

 

[TheBrewBrotha]

This was my second all grain (BIAB) ever. With cold crashing and gelatin, I was able to make this the clearest beer I've brewed to date!

https://m.imgur.com/a/GW34V

Looks damn good! Will have to add gelatin as well.

 

[TheBrewBrotha]

What flavor profile is everyone getting from this recipe? Been interested in brewing it for a while but I have a feeling this will be similar to bud light or coors?

 

[brew703]

I brewed it one time as the OP posted but the other two times I dry hopped and increased the IBU's some. It was better when dry hopped vs the original. But that's just me.
If you want something different, dry hop and add some Munich. That's my plan for next time.

 

[TheBrewBrotha]

I brewed it one time as the OP posted but the other two times I dry hopped and increased the IBU's some. It was better when dry hopped vs the original. But that's just me.
If you want something different, dry hop and add some Munich. That's my plan for next time.

NOLA this way too! But yes I plan to brew this recipe for the upcoming holiday as my family aren’t huge beer drinkers. I’ll go with dry hopping and upping the IBUs a bit

 

[boomerbrian]

What flavor profile is everyone getting from this recipe? Been interested in brewing it for a while but I have a feeling this will be similar to bud light or coors?

The base recipe is great. I am not a BMC drinker and love it. My last go at it I tried dry hopping with LemonDrop. Didn’t like it as much. Thought it actually took away from it.

 

[bradthebold]

I have brewed this twice now and am getting a toasted bread flavor from it. The first one was my first batch that had some mistakes (I mashed out >200˚, was 10% over my estimated efficiency, bare handed the hop bag after the wort was chilled, fermented at basement temps, kegged in 7 days). I thought it was just too malty from underhopping for the efficiency, but my brew club said it was diacetlyl, though I get no butter or butterscotch flavor.

So I made a second batch as my 6th brew, adjusted water profile, hit my numbers, fermented at 66˚ for 6 days and ramped up to 70˚ for 3 days, no mistakes. It tastes a little lighter, but I am still getting a toasted bread flavor, though not as much. Instead of being crisp, it ends with the toast flavor. Is this what it should taste like? I have not gotten this flavor in any of my other beers.

 

[Shade]

I made this for the first time recently for my birthday party - had a few beer drinkers coming so made 3 kegs, Centennial Blonde, a 6.8% hop bomb and a 7.1% IIPA. I tagged them as 80s/90s wrestlers, CB was Mr Perfect and he was very much in demand. Unsurprisingly that keg was tapped first.

It’s not my cup of tea really, my wife and I like hop bombs but I had a few glasses of it and it went down very easily.

Fast forward a week and my father in law wants to come down for his third guest brew. We usually split the batch. All right! What delicious hop bomb are we brewing this time? Father in law says you know that keg you had on that finished first?

Ahh damn you CB..

 

[Andre3000]

Hoping for feedback here. I brewed this recipe as my second all grain (prior experience was one kit only, not satisfying at all) and since my other kegs blew I jumped the gun and went grains to glass with it in 10 days, carbing being two of those.

Made modest adjustments to my city water with 1/2 tsp of each of gypsum, CaCl and lactic acid and got rid of the chloramines. Mashed a bit high at around 156. Fermented out within a wy1028 starter in a matter of a few days at 68 but it may have got quite a bit colder than that. Brought it upstairs to rest at 70 for a few days.

I'm getting a powerful full bodied biscuit/cereal type taste to the beer. Is that how it should taste? These are not off flavors, just the way it is, and a lot of my friends really like it.

 

[tpiton]

Didn't want to go through all the 134 post of this thread. I did the extract version of this recipe at least a dozen of times and it's always good !! I'm going to try all grain for my first time with this recipe. A neewbie question about mashing. Do I put the vienna, the caramel and the carpils in the mash ? Thanks for the help

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

yes you put all grains in the mash

 

[snd1990]

Hoping for feedback here. I brewed this recipe as my second all grain (prior experience was one kit only, not satisfying at all) and since my other kegs blew I jumped the gun and went grains to glass with it in 10 days, carbing being two of those.

Made modest adjustments to my city water with 1/2 tsp of each of gypsum, CaCl and lactic acid and got rid of the chloramines. Mashed a bit high at around 156. Fermented out within a wy1028 starter in a matter of a few days at 68 but it may have got quite a bit colder than that. Brought it upstairs to rest at 70 for a few days.

I'm getting a powerful full bodied biscuit/cereal type taste to the beer. Is that how it should taste? These are not off flavors, just the way it is, and a lot of my friends really like it.

I believe your getting that stronger flavor from the higher mash temp.

 

[tpiton]

Again a neewbie question ; Is this recipe in us gallon or imperial gallon (canada)

****5 Gallon Batch****

Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.57 gal
Estimated OG: 1.040 SG
Estimated Color: 3.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 21.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

 

[tpiton]

Wow there must be at least a 100 person following this thread and still no aswer!

 

[HawleyFarms]

Wow there must be at least a 100 person following this thread and still no aswer!

US gallons. Most everything on this forum is is unless stated as Imperial gallons

 

[Indygunworks]

Would there be a place in this beer anywhere for Citra hops? I have two extra ounces of the stuff laying around and really like citra hops.

 

[jpmess]

Brew a 2.75 gallon batch of this last night. Came in a little high on the OG at 1.050, but I’m expecting a tasty beer!

My hydrometer sample was already clearing up nicely as I was letting it cool.

 

[Lefou]

Would there be a place in this beer anywhere for Citra hops? I have two extra ounces of the stuff laying around and really like citra hops.

Yes. I brewed a variation of this recipe as one of my first all grains.
As long as you use a comparable level of hops to keep your bittering levels close to the original, why not experiment a bit?

 

[bradford0113]

Just brewed this up for the first time over the weekend. Only $19.80 out the door of the LHBS for grains/hops/yeast. Shop owner had to add everything up twice because he couldn't believe I was brewing a 5.5 gallon batch for under $20.

I had to come up with something lighter and less expensive to go with the $55 Imperial IPA I brewed the weekend before that's coming out at about 9.1% ABV and 85 IBU!

I'm getting about 85% efficiency with my BIAB process so my OG ended up around 1.045 which should put this one at about 4.8%. Thinking it should still come out damn fine!

 

[tpiton]

anybody tried this one with the BIAB no sparge thecnique ? How much water you start with and how much more grain ?

 

[HawleyFarms]

anybody tried this one with the BIAB no sparge thecnique ? How much water you start with and how much more grain ?

Only you can answer that based on your own setup's mash and brewhouse efficiency. Are you using any type of brewing software currently? What is your average efficiency for BIAB? Mashout or no mashout? What volume do you usually end up with before boiling?

There's a really handy BIAB calculator out there that I recently found that you can input all your numbers into that will help you with volumes. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Oldskewl]

I use this one. You need to know your boil off rate and grain absorption. Only trial and error will tell you these. Personally I use 1.25 gal/hr for boil off and 0.06 gal/lb of grain. Your results may vary. I do squeeze the bag so that effects the absorption of the grain.

http://www.biabcalculator.com/