Liberty Cream Ale - Page 2

**Stauffbier** · 01-27-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by RM-MN

After a month in the primary you might want to sample one at one week. I found that a stout that primaryed for 4 1/2 weeks seemed to mature quite well and was rather good at one week in the bottle and stouts usually take longer to mature in the bottle than a cream ale.

I always sample after one week of bottle conditioning, mainly because I'm to impatient to wait.. Some of my beers taste great at that point, and if they're carbed up good I just start drinking them. If not I let them condition longer. I actually have a chocolate stout that has been in the primary for 27 days now. I'm going to bottle it this weekend.. The Liberty Cream extract batch I did had a really quick turn-around.. I was drinking that one after about 10 - 12 days in the bottle. It actually seems to be the favorite amongst my friends.. The only problem now is I only have about 8 more bottles left! Gotta order another batch of it soon!!!

bikingman82 · 01-27-2012, 11:02 PM

I have the MWS cream ale in my primary right now. It turned out a little darker than I was expecting it to. According to their catalog it is supposed to be lighter than their Honey Ale but that is just straight out wrong.

MattTypeS · 01-30-2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bikingman82

I have the MWS cream ale in my primary right now. It turned out a little darker than I was expecting it to. According to their catalog it is supposed to be lighter than their Honey Ale but that is just straight out wrong.

Mine was darker too...I think that's because of adding the LME at the start. Alot of people seem to put in a little of it...then wait towards the end of the boil to put in the rest and this creates a lighter colored beer (and gets rid of some of them "LME taste"). As long as it tastes good...it could be puke green for all I care!