Centennial Pale Ale V2.0 Tasting Notes

This was a good beer. Nice and Hoppy!
Not to be over critical but it was a little too caramel candy sweet, but in reality it was not cloying and pleasant to the palate. I'll tweek that down a bit next time. Nice white to off white head. Very "drinkable". This stuff was gone fast.



In other news.....



I finally scored a sanyo 4912 mini fridge for a kegerator!!!!!
Thank you Craigslist!
I took it off this guys hands for a mere 100 bucks.
I got the tubes and fittings coming from the always reliable Northern Brewer, and a dual regulator from Midwest Supplies for $99. All I have to do now is pick up the co2 from the gas store, Suburban Carbonics.

CENTENNIAL PALE ALE BREW SESSION V2.0

Today is the first time I tried to duplicate one of the recipes I have brewed before. In the past I usually make changes to the recipes trying to make them better. Im a tweeker! So I got up early and started brewing my 100% Centennial Pale Ale. This is also the first time using whole leaf hops. The brew session went really smooth. I didn't cuss once! I tried to be as carefull and palnned in every aspect. Efficiency turned out to be 72%. I used the same grain and hop bill except I used 9.3# of canadian 2-row instead of 10# of american 2-row. I also made a starter for the first time with the yeast cake I harvested from the last pale ale I did. So in the end, this is not exactly the same beer as before. I did a 90 min mash at 152 degrees, and used 1.3 quarts of water per pound of grain.

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Single Hop Series "Centennial" Pale Ale V2.0

9.3 lb Canadian 2-Row

1 lb American Caramel 10*

3/4 lb Victory

1 oz Centennial 8.8 AA 90 min

1/2 oz Centennial 8.8 AA 15 min

1/2 oz Centennial 8.8 AA 1 min

1 oz Centennial 8.8 AA dry1 tsp

Irish Moss 15 min

Wyeast 1056 yeast slurry from the last centennial pale ale batch

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While I brew here is the Bohemian Kolsch. mmmm beer! The beer is a little hazy, but thats cause the yeast flocculates very poorly. Tasty!

SINGLE HOP SERIES CENTENNIAL PALE ALE

This morning I bottled my Single Hop Series Centennial Pale Ale. I was trying to make an IPA but it ended up being 5.1% ABV, so I switched it to a good old pale ale. The little bit from the hydrometer test tube tasted really good with a great hop aroma. Im excited to have this one in my arsenal. The recipe is based upon a SNPA clone. I can't wait till it is ready!

SINGLE HOP SERIES "CENTENNIAL" PALE ALE

10 lbs American 2-row
1 lb American Caramel 10*
3/4 lb Victory
1 oz Centennial 8.8 AA 90 min
1/2 oz Centennial 8.8 AA 15 min
1/2 oz Centennial 8.8 AA 5 min
1 oz Centennial 8.8 AA dry
1 tsp Irish Moss 15 min
Wyeast 1056