Friday, November 1, 2013

Centennial blond 47 vs fat tire

Tried this once before, but the cb was young and green. 

Here we go:

Pours same color and head.  Mine's a hair more cloudy.

Mine has a slightly sharper hop aroma, but I think it's the correct hop, just slightly heavy on the aroma and bitterness.

Mouth feel: original is a little more crisp, but not by much.  Very similar.  Could bring down mash temp a degree or two: hold at 149 for an hour.

Original is a tad sweeter and maltier.  Less hop bitterness.  Has a tad of crystal, but not much.  Probably a little light Munich, but very slight.  No more than 2% of either.  10% biscuit may be low - could bump to 15%, easy.  Also, go with pils for base.

Finish - mine is hop dominant, original is biscuit finish all the way.  Need to reduce bittering hop to 8 ibus, aroma at 10 mins to about 5.  Centennial all the way, though. 

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