Trying to come up with recipe- Cream Ale

I have been wanting to do a cream ale for some time and have put together this recipe. This is the first time I have attempted to put together my own recipe so....tell me what I should change

4 lb. Pilsner malt
4 lb. American 2-row pale malt
.5 lb. flaked maize
.5 lb. cane sugar (piloncillo, jaggery,etc)

1 oz Hallertau (60 min)
.5 oz Hallertau (1 min)

Yeast- not sure here...
Heard good things about White Labs California Ale (WLP001)
Maybe Cream Ale Blend (WLP080) or WYeast Kolsch.

Any help greatly appreciated!!

looks good. very similar to a cream ale i made the other day:

3 lbs Pilsner
3 lbs 6-row
1 lbs Vienna
2 lbs Flaked Maize

1 oz hallertau (60 min)
1 oz 7% saaz (5 min)

I always use the WLP080 Cream Ale Yeast Blend. ferment in the low 60s and it will turn out great!

Death....Do you boil for 90 min on that?

Thanks for the response,
What is the main difference between the 6-row vice 2-row malt?

woah, someone else that knows what pilloncillo is. I'd be careful with that stuff, I did a ginger beer with it, and it seems to be around 60-70% fermentable, so it could leave your cream ale with quite a high FG if you're not careful.

You need more corn or other adjuncts if you're striving for a light, crisp cream ale. Hit my recipe drop down and check out the #3 recipe. It seems to be "relatively" well received by this board.

ahh...yes, i always do a 90 minute boil with pilsner malt...i think i actually did the hops for 90, too. i just threw the recipe up from memory.



6-row has more diastatic power and a slightly different flavor...i've read it's more "grainy" but i doubt you'd notice much.

i've only used 6-row a few times to help with conversion. I'm giving it a try with this recipe as i heard cream ale's "traditionally" used 6-row because it was cheap and helped with conversion. i used 2-row + pilsner for all of my previous creams.

sidneysaintpe said:

Thanks for the response,
What is the main difference between the 6-row vice 2-row malt?

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6 row has more diastatic power/more proteins. Whether or not it is necessary for the grain bill you are using is over my head.

it's not necessary. 2-row will work just fine.

Here's mine: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/ag-corn-cream-ale-33242/