My attempt at cream ale

My attempt at cream ale: [partial mash] UPDATED

I am going for something that is easy to drink and not overly bitter so I chose to do a cream ale. Any suggestions and comments are appreciated.


Partial mash ingrediants:

8 ozs carapils

8 ozs pilsner malt or Domestic 2-row

8 ozs flaked rice

6 ozs light crystal malt



Malt extract ingredients:

5.25 lbs extra light DME



Estimated OG at 1.055

13.8 estimated IBU's


Wyeast 1056

I've never brewed a cream ale before, but you're gonna need some hops.

Do you mean I need to use hops or I just dont have Enough?


I do plan on using hops farmerted:


I just did not want to reveal too much about the type. They will have an estimated IBU rating of 13.8

Generally you want to use some flaked corn in a cream ale. Otherwise this seems fairly reasonable. Here's the recipe I used for my latest cream ale that I think came out pretty nicely:

Mash at 148 F, 75 minutes:
8.5 lbs pilsner malt
8 oz. 40L crystal malt
2 lbs. flaked corn

Boil:
8 oz. corn sugar
.25 oz. Warrior hops @60 minutes
1 oz. Mt Hood hops @3 minutes

Yeast:
White Labs Cream Ale Blend (WLP080)
Ferment at 65F, single stage, 3 weeks

According to BeerSmith, the vital stats are:
ABV: 6.2% (a bit on the high side, but it doesn't taste like it)
IBU: 18.4
SRM: 6

For a partial mash, just use extra light DME instead of the pilsner malt. While it probably doesn't matter for a partial mash, my efficiency is really bad (65% on a good day), so the amount of base malt may need to be adjusted for your own efficiency.

Its a working process however I have updated my ingredients as some here have suggested the use of flaked maize.


For the partial mash:

1 Lb Rahr 6-row or high enzyme malt to convert the adjuncts

8 ozs Dextrine malt

8 ozs Flaked Rice

8 ozs Flaked Maize


Main fermentibiles:

4.5 Lbs DME


Un-named bittering hops

I was thinking Wyeast 1056 or Whitelabs cream ale

What say you on yeast?

1056 will be fine for your cream ale.

Why are you being secretive about the hops?

dannypo said:

Why are you being secretive about the hops?

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I'm curious about this too...