Centennial Cascade FWH 60 Min
This is beer 9 in our 2 hop series. This takes the base Centennial Cascade and moves the 60 min hop addition to smash out. In first wort hopping you want to take the late hop additions and use them in the mash out. I wanted to try it both ways to see what we get out of them. In later batches we will use the late addition hops but for beer 8 and 9 we are going to use the 60 min additions. Here is the recipe I used. This was for a 1.25 gallons going into the carboy.
2 LBS 4 oz 2-Row
.25 oz Centennial FHW
.25 oz Cascade 10 mins
.25 oz Centennial 5 mins
.25 oz of both 3 days into fermentation
US-05 Yeast
Color: Bright Yellow. Hazy
Smell: Sweetness. More bitterness and citrus than beer 8. Almost like a candy sweetness.
Taste: Citrus grapefruit rind bitterness. This is a smooth beer. That frist wort hop is making them smooth.
Overall: I think the bitterness is a little high. Maybe adding different malts would help that out. Maybe a higher ABV would cut that bitterness some
Tasting 3
I did do a second tasting will all the 20 beers in this series
Color: Bright yellow with some chill haze
Smell: Hint of floral citrus
Taste: Big floral hint of sweet citrus. Very smooth
Overall: Im not a big floral fan so I wouldnt brew 5 gallons of this and let it sit.
Tasting 4
Color: Dirty golden yellow
Smell: Lemon Citrus bread. If you made a loaf of bread with lemon thats what it would be
Taste: Older citrus with some bread.
Overall: This one does taste like its old. Not one that I would age