So one of my first brews was a Brewer's Best Extract Cream Ale kit:
2.5gallon boil volume
3.3 Light LME
3 lbs Pilsen DME (late addition)
1 lb corn sugar (late addition)
1oz willamette @ 60m
1oz willamette @ 10m
It was a real hit with most of my friends, and one of my favorites. rather than pay $35 for the kit, I wanted to recreate it, reasonably, in AG.
without further ado, my attempt:
Full Boil
5.5 final volume
7# 2-row
3# pilsner
.5# flaked maize
1.5# cornmeal cereal mash
1# cane sugar
.5 willamette @ 60m
1oz willamette @ 10m
My efficiency is pretty damn awful right now, coming in around 55%, so that's the reason for such a big grain bill. If I overshoot (only my 3rd or 4th AG batch, still trying to learn the process), then I end up with a beer with a bit more of a kick...
Only issue with what I found is that I was only able to get my hands on 3# of Pilsner malt, so i had to compensate with a bit more 2-row. Am I close on this one?
The second question, rather than pay out the butt for dextrose, I'm wondering if, in this small amount (only 1LB) I'm going to run into any problems using cane sugar in its place? I know Jamil's cream ale recipe calls for cane, so I'm guessing I'll be OK, but wanted to check.
Any red flags up here? The beersmith numbers are the same as the brewer's best kit instructions, so I'm feeling optimistic, but wanted to run it past the experts before I jump in feet first on this one.
2.5gallon boil volume
3.3 Light LME
3 lbs Pilsen DME (late addition)
1 lb corn sugar (late addition)
1oz willamette @ 60m
1oz willamette @ 10m
It was a real hit with most of my friends, and one of my favorites. rather than pay $35 for the kit, I wanted to recreate it, reasonably, in AG.
without further ado, my attempt:
Full Boil
5.5 final volume
7# 2-row
3# pilsner
.5# flaked maize
1.5# cornmeal cereal mash
1# cane sugar
.5 willamette @ 60m
1oz willamette @ 10m
My efficiency is pretty damn awful right now, coming in around 55%, so that's the reason for such a big grain bill. If I overshoot (only my 3rd or 4th AG batch, still trying to learn the process), then I end up with a beer with a bit more of a kick...
Only issue with what I found is that I was only able to get my hands on 3# of Pilsner malt, so i had to compensate with a bit more 2-row. Am I close on this one?
The second question, rather than pay out the butt for dextrose, I'm wondering if, in this small amount (only 1LB) I'm going to run into any problems using cane sugar in its place? I know Jamil's cream ale recipe calls for cane, so I'm guessing I'll be OK, but wanted to check.
Any red flags up here? The beersmith numbers are the same as the brewer's best kit instructions, so I'm feeling optimistic, but wanted to run it past the experts before I jump in feet first on this one.