Caramel cream ale? - Page 9

**Jester** · 05-03-2006, 12:22 PM

I brewed the v1 recipe and has been kegged for about 1 1/2 weeks now. It tastes great...!!!! This is my first time at one of these "sweeter" style beers and I really like it... Its not something I could drink all the time every day, but I tend to like porters and stouts for everyday drinking... This recipe is definitely going into my recipe book and will be keeper...!!!! good luck to everyone trying this...

Jester

**Walker** · 05-03-2006, 01:40 PM

Dude and I were chatting at the Beer Fest last weekend here in Raleigh, and he commented that Cheesey must have stumbled across a world class recipe here.

No offense intended toward Cheesefood, but this recipe was one of the first you created, wasn't it? Yet, tons of people have brewed it and they all rave about it.

Bravo, Cheesey. I'm going to have to eventually cook up a batch of this to see what all the fuss is about. You seem to have nailed it.

-walker

Desert_Sky · 05-03-2006, 02:16 PM

I am going to do my attempt at v.1.0 this Friday. The only thing I have left to pick up is "real" vanilla extract. There are a couple places in town I have yet to look for it. But being as close to Mexico as I am, I doubt I will have that much trouble finding the good stuff.

THe only thing I haven't decided yet, is when Im going to add the lactose and the vanilla. As of now I may add the lactose late in the boil, and the vanilla as Its going into the primary.

Cheesefood · 05-03-2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Walker-san

No offense intended toward Cheesefood, but this recipe was one of the first you created, wasn't it? Yet, tons of people have brewed it and they all rave about it.

Bravo, Cheesey. I'm going to have to eventually cook up a batch of this to see what all the fuss is about. You seem to have nailed it.

-walker

No, I created a few other beers. They were duds. One of them has been sitting in the bottle for about a year now. I'm trying one tonight for the first time since September in hopes that it'll finally prove worthy of keeping.

Wolf · 05-03-2006, 06:06 PM

Cheesy, when you did V1 of this did you do a full or partial boil? I want to give this a try and am wondering if I need to adjust the hops at all.

Cheesefood · 05-03-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TWolf10

Cheesy, when you did V1 of this did you do a full or partial boil? I want to give this a try and am wondering if I need to adjust the hops at all.

I did a partial extract, but fully boiled for 60 minutes total. You can adjust the hops by throwing more in (I went from 2oz to 3oz with positive results) or give the final hops more time (I went with end of boil for v1).

I need to brew again soon. I think I'm going to start the Tyre soon.

Desert_Sky · 05-03-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheesefood

Hops
1oz Cascade for bittering (60 minutes)
.5oz Saaz for flavor (20 minutes)
.5 oz Tettnang for aroma (end of boil)

I went ahead and got an oz of each. Not sure of the AA% at work atm, but I was also considering upping the tettnang some for a bit more aroma. You remember how much you used? 1 oz of each?

Cheesefood · 05-04-2006, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyBeam

I went ahead and got an oz of each. Not sure of the AA% at work atm, but I was also considering upping the tettnang some for a bit more aroma. You remember how much you used? 1 oz of each?

For v2 (Boom-Boom) I used a full O of each, and I think I like the results better. I'm sipping on one right now that's been bottle aged for several weeks. The MD gives great mouthfeel and the hops add some crispness to it...a little bite after the sweet. I should enter a bottle into a competition just to see how it fares. Anyone know of a competition coming up soon?

**Ize** · 05-04-2006, 04:07 AM

OUCH! Dammit Cheese, I was backtracking thru this thread and you changed AV's on me and I choked... I'm still gonna re-read, but it's gonna be damn difficult with that AV brother..... I may just have to drink more....

Ize

Ps. Yeah this is on the list of things to brew. Congrats man, this looks like a terrific brew, and from the reviews it must be!

**Walker** · 05-04-2006, 04:14 AM

I believe the stark contrast between successive avatar selections by Cheesefood hints at the possibility that he is in fact manic depressive.

-walker
amateur psychoanalyst

edit: has anyone stopped to think about the fact that cheesey either (a) has a stock pile of obese-lady porn or (b) he seeks it out and knows where to get it.