I have a pack of Centennial hops and wanted to give them a try in a simple pale(ish) ale
This was the plan :
23l
4000g MO
250g Crystal Malt
25g Centennial (11.7%AA) 90 mins
25g Challenger (7.5%AA) 90 mins
15g Centennial 10 mins
Any thoughts on this recipe or suggestions for the hops / volumes ?
Simple Centennial Recipe
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farmhousekeg
Re: Simple Centennial Recipe
Sound nice! I never used Centennial but recently made a similar APA using only Cascade hops. I used 100g of Cascade in total, 25 grammes each at 90, 20, 10 and 5 minutes (overkill! ). My MO and Crystal was similar to yours and I have about 250g of wheat malt. I fermented using US-05. It was a really nice beer.
I have just brewed another this time using Northdown for bittering and then 25 g Cascade at 20, 10 and 5 minutes.
Although your recipe is not the same, its in the same general area as far as I can tell and I think it will be a goodun.
My only comment would be to save the Centennial for the later additions so that you get the maximum aroma and flavour from them.
I have just brewed another this time using Northdown for bittering and then 25 g Cascade at 20, 10 and 5 minutes.
Although your recipe is not the same, its in the same general area as far as I can tell and I think it will be a goodun.
My only comment would be to save the Centennial for the later additions so that you get the maximum aroma and flavour from them.
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tomU
Re: Simple Centennial Recipe
I would up the late additions a fair bit if it was my beer, but its a matter of preference I guess. If you're trying a hop for the first time though I'd definitely be a bit more generous with 5 or 10 min additions. If you don't want to use up loads of centennial (understandable - they're pricey and hard to get hold of 
), then I'd swap the bittering additions for something more economical, as farmhousekeg suggests, and save the centennial for the end. I like to go with at least 40g of late hops in a 23l brew personally, but I'm big on late hopping...
Good luck with the brew
), then I'd swap the bittering additions for something more economical, as farmhousekeg suggests, and save the centennial for the end. I like to go with at least 40g of late hops in a 23l brew personally, but I'm big on late hopping...Good luck with the brew
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Whorst
Re: Simple Centennial Recipe
Centennial is a great hop. Your ten minute addition I'd add when your cooling your wort.
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softlad
Re: Simple Centennial Recipe
I'll try that. Ive seen a few posts recently about adding at 80 degrees. I was hoping to get this going sometime this week but it looks like a brewday next week now
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critch
Re: Simple Centennial Recipe
id dump a load of centennial in at the end of the boil, hang the expense!
it only takes a few hops to turn a good beer into a truly great one.........
it only takes a few hops to turn a good beer into a truly great one.........