Founders Centennial IPA

[DrewsBrew]

Great stuff. Its difficult to find midwestern beer up here in New England but I was able to grab a six of this and was blown away. Highly recommended. I would love a recipe for this.

 

[brewt00l]

I've had a 6 of it and found it pretty tasty. For an all centennial brew, I pref Two Hearted over the Founders.

 

[gwood]

Founders is a bit harder to come by out here in Cali - yet to have this one.Ballast Point has to be one of the best all Centennial IPAs out there.

 

[gruversm]

Any recipe?

 

[skibb]

Often emailing the brewer works out - Founder's is great for that!

For your grain bill, use around 10% Carapils, 5% Munich, 5% Crystal 50-60, and 2.5% Caramunich 45. Target a 16.5 Plato OG and it should terminate between 3 and 3.5 Plato. Target 65 IBUs and make sure your flavor strike in the boil and the dry hop are both enormous. Good luck, hope this helps!

Cheers,
Jeremy Kosmicki
Head Brewer
FBC

 

[Homercidal]

I get Centennial IPA all the time. I prefer the 2H from Bells, but they are both very nice. I'm still waiting for some Founders KBS to show up at my bottle shop. I might have to hijack a truck!

 

[BmillaTheBrewzilla]

Centennial IPA is one of my two favorite IPAs (Bear Republic Racer 5 being the other). I sorta like Two Hearted... but there is just something about Founders Centennial that I think is really clean and well balanced.

I went to Founders last summer. I know the KBS gets a lot of love on beer websites... but I gotta say- everything Founders does is pretty damn awesome! Really quality brewery. And the brewpub is a great stop if you find yourself in Grand Rapids, MI.

 

[Homercidal]

Plus, they have parties througout the year. Just had their BLACK party, and this summer, another Founders Fest Street Party!

Now, THB, it's not really my thing. Wife and I went last year and it was hot and the beer was not cheap. But they had street performers and some very good music. If you live down that way, or are into parties with strangers, it's probably right you your alley.

The biggest thrill was trying some Oaked Maple Bourbon IIPA... And the house band was very good! We left before the headlining group though.

 

[wowzers]

Any recipe?

Is Northern Brewers Dead Ringer a clone?

 

[grainstoglass]

Often emailing the brewer works out - Founder's is great for that!

For your grain bill, use around 10% Carapils, 5% Munich, 5% Crystal 50-60, and 2.5% Caramunich 45. Target a 16.5 Plato OG and it should terminate between 3 and 3.5 Plato. Target 65 IBUs and make sure your flavor strike in the boil and the dry hop are both enormous. Good luck, hope this helps!

Cheers,
Jeremy Kosmicki
Head Brewer
FBC

10% seems like alot of Carapils to me. I am trying to brew a Founders Centennial clone this weekend and I am trying to figure out an appropriate malt bill. Anyone tried this malt bill with any success or other suggestions?

 

[-TH-]

10% seems like alot of Carapils to me. I am trying to brew a Founders Centennial clone this weekend and I am trying to figure out an appropriate malt bill. Anyone tried this malt bill with any success or other suggestions?

FWIW this is an email I got from founders almost 2 years ago now when I asked about centennial ipa...


Hi Todd,

Well of course we are flattered that you enjoy our beer enough to make one at home. Thanks for supporting us and enjoying IPA. It’s a pretty basic recipe (as most good beers are) but of course there is only so much info I can give you before getting into trouble. Our target OG is around 16.5 plato and IBUs around 65. We are shooting for a 7.2% ABV and that finishes around 3.5 plato tg. We use a domestic base malt at around 60% and a UK base malt at around 15%. We love Cpils at founders and use around 10% in this one. Throw in some Munich and medium crystals for color and viola. We hop with Magnum in the bittering charge and Centennial the rest of the way. Of course we dry hop profusely near the end of primary fermentation too. Use a healthy neutral yeast strain as it is the most important ingredient. I hope that helps and you are pleased with the outcome. Thanks again for supporting Founders!

Cheers,
Alec Mull
Director of Operations
Founders Brewing Company
616-776-2186
[email protected]

 

[grainstoglass]

FWIW this is an email I got from founders almost 2 years ago now when I asked about centennial ipa...


Hi Todd,

Well of course we are flattered that you enjoy our beer enough to make one at home. Thanks for supporting us and enjoying IPA. It’s a pretty basic recipe (as most good beers are) but of course there is only so much info I can give you before getting into trouble. Our target OG is around 16.5 plato and IBUs around 65. We are shooting for a 7.2% ABV and that finishes around 3.5 plato tg. We use a domestic base malt at around 60% and a UK base malt at around 15%. We love Cpils at founders and use around 10% in this one. Throw in some Munich and medium crystals for color and viola. We hop with Magnum in the bittering charge and Centennial the rest of the way. Of course we dry hop profusely near the end of primary fermentation too. Use a healthy neutral yeast strain as it is the most important ingredient. I hope that helps and you are pleased with the outcome. Thanks again for supporting Founders!

Cheers,
Alec Mull
Director of Operations
Founders Brewing Company
616-776-2186
[email protected]

Alright I'm going for it! The responses were both consistent so I'm going to brew one up this weekend.

 

[Boek]

How did this recipe go? Good clone?

 

[gruversm]

Very good clone!

 

[Boek]

Could someone who has made a great beer with this turn it into a straightforward recipe for a 5 gal. Ag batch? Thanks

 

[Boek]

Very good clone!

Could you share your recipe and hop schedule?

 

[WAdamC]

I'd love to see what you ended up going with, too

 

[Kampo]

love founders great place to grab a beer, but gotta say Two Hearted > Centenial.

I just wish Bells had a better Brewpub. just don't care for it there.

 

[zymurgy101]

Just the opposite for me; Founders is much more complex on the tastebuds than Two Hearted. I'm going to try attempting a clone of this one...after I brew twenty gallons of DFH 60 starting tomorrow morning.

 

[CrackShotHolmes]

Just the opposite for me; Founders is much more complex on the tastebuds than Two Hearted. I'm going to try attempting a clone of this one...after I brew twenty gallons of DFH 60 starting tomorrow morning.

Did you ever attempt your Centennial Clone? I'd be very interested to hear how it went and what specific recipe you used.

Thanks!

 

[zymurgy101]

I haven't gotten to it yet. Recently, I brewed twenty gallons of Snake Dog IPA (another thread) which turned out pretty good. The next brew session is a Celebration Ale and then I plan to try the Founder's recipe and will follow up. I'm not quite sure how I got sidetracked on the Snake Dog IPA before the Founders.

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

Would love to hear how it turned and see a recipe as well. I recently had Founders for the first time and loved it. Better and more complex than 2 hearted IMO although I like both. I've cloned 2 hearted a couple of times and have been pleased and now I'm interested in trying the Founders version.

 

[Evan_L]

Have noticed a few references to this beer in the month since ive been on the forum. Saw it at a hole-in-the wall bar tonight in "nowhere" CT and was surprised to see it among just a few other options. Not bad, didn't think it lived up to all the hype though. Really cool that commercial brewers will share the recipe "for the love of the sport"

 

[Swarley88]

I just picked up a sixer of Centennial today. Tis quite nice.

 

[Dinomyte]

One thing I've noticed about Centennial is that it doesn't age too well as compared to other, similar IPA's like Two-Hearted. But when it is fresh, Centennial is nearly impossible to top.

 

[zymurgy101]

One thing I've noticed about Centennial is that it doesn't age too well as compared to other, similar IPA's like Two-Hearted. But when it is fresh, Centennial is nearly impossible to top.

Mine never lasts that long!

 

[Ilan34]

I love that this thread plays out over six years but doesn't read like it.

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[Homercidal]

One thing I've noticed about Centennial is that it doesn't age too well as compared to other, similar IPA's like Two-Hearted. But when it is fresh, Centennial is nearly impossible to top.

I can see that because Centennial seems to be drier with more pronounced hop character, while Two-hearted has more malt backbone. Hops tend to break down and change in a shorter amount of time.

 

[Dinomyte]

I can see that because Centennial seems to be drier with more pronounced hop character, while Two-hearted has more malt backbone. Hops tend to break down and change in a shorter amount of time.

That makes sense.

 

[zymurgy101]

This may change before I brew next weekend, but here is what I have thus far for a ten gallon batch in Brewsmith. Suggestions are welcome!

Note: I noticed that I have it as an All Grain, but I'm using 3# of DME...so it is technically a Partial Mash.

View attachment Founders Centennial version 1.bsmx