All-Grain - Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale) - Page 56

GunnerMan · 03-17-2010, 05:23 AM

Cascade or Cent will be fine I am sure...this beer is so low hoped that you could get away with using anything. If I were to up the hops I think I would use something like cascade to give it a crisp and refreshing feel anyways.

eastendershomebrew · 03-20-2010, 02:42 AM

can i use a 60 qt kettle to brew this exact recipe?

GunnerMan · 03-20-2010, 03:00 AM

Don't see why not. Sounds about perfect

Blindguardian · 03-20-2010, 07:20 PM

Sorry if this has been ask before....

what would you recommend for the amount of time it should stay in the primary?

Also I bottle and would like to know how long this should say in the bottles before drinking?

So far this brew has been in the primary for almost a full 2 weeks but if leaving it in for one more week would help it taste better I will leave it there for one more week before I bottle it up.

philrose · 03-20-2010, 07:40 PM

I let mine go for 2 weeks and it was very clean. YMMV

GunnerMan · 03-20-2010, 11:43 PM

All beer will taste better with 'one more week' with maybe the exception of wheat beer. With that said I bottle after two weeks with this beer and it comes out good. I make CoTC because it is fast and drinkable so I am not gonna tie up valuable brewing space with it.

illinoisbuck · 03-23-2010, 01:38 AM

hey guys brewed this sat and undershot my water. ended up at 1.056. didnt have any water boiled to top off so left it at 4.5 gallons. anyone see any huge problem with this?

GunnerMan · 03-23-2010, 06:17 AM

Nah...I don't think you could do much to screw up this beer.

On a side note I have never boiled water before I use it for brewing in any situation, I don't think anything crazy is living in my water supply howevr YMMV

Blindguardian · 03-24-2010, 02:24 AM

finally got this brew into the bottles (Man I hate bottling). Anyway the fg got to 1.008 from 1.044 which gave me a ABV% of 4.67.
The sample tasted good and I hope this is a sign of things to come

**bendavanza** · 03-24-2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by illinoisbuck

hey guys brewed this sat and undershot my water. ended up at 1.056. didnt have any water boiled to top off so left it at 4.5 gallons. anyone see any huge problem with this?

You can always top off with water before bottling/kegging if needed, or just enjoy the extra strength. I have brewed this recipe scaled up to 7% abv and it's delicious (to me)