iceroadbrew
Active Member
Hello
Recently started brewing. This was my first recipe and it is on its second week of fermenatation. I felt skeptical off the bat whether this was actually a cream ale when the IBU range was well over 30. Just listened to an old Jamil show about cream ale and he specified it should be "lightly hopped" at no more than 17 IBU's. He also specifically noted not to use a citrusy bold hop like cascade!
and the colour should be pretty much straw like. The grain bill he explained had half pilsner and as you can see the bill on this recipe is mostly 2row. The colour in the fermenter looks more like a brown ale, much darker than straw!. The only thing I have done differently in this recipe is use nottingham dry yeast. here is the recipe:
http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=535
My question is what will this beer classified as? thoughts anyone?
Thanks
Recently started brewing. This was my first recipe and it is on its second week of fermenatation. I felt skeptical off the bat whether this was actually a cream ale when the IBU range was well over 30. Just listened to an old Jamil show about cream ale and he specified it should be "lightly hopped" at no more than 17 IBU's. He also specifically noted not to use a citrusy bold hop like cascade!
and the colour should be pretty much straw like. The grain bill he explained had half pilsner and as you can see the bill on this recipe is mostly 2row. The colour in the fermenter looks more like a brown ale, much darker than straw!. The only thing I have done differently in this recipe is use nottingham dry yeast. here is the recipe:
http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=535
My question is what will this beer classified as? thoughts anyone?
Thanks