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I just brewed a batch of Cream Ale from a recipe I got out of The Brewmaster's Bible. I'm a little confused on the color. I expected it to be very light golden. I've only had cream ale at a local micro, so I don't necessarily know that theirs is true to the style. But, the book says the SRM for cream ales in general should be 2-4. This looks like it is going to be in the amber to brown ale color. Here's the recipe:
1/2 lb. Crystal malt (10L)
1/2 lb. CaraPils malt
8 lb. Alexanders Pale LME (AHS pale LME)
1/2 oz Willamette hops - 60m
1/3 oz Hallertauer hops - 60m
1/3 oz Cascade hops - 60m
1/2 oz Hallertauer - 2m
1 tsp Irish Moss
1 ale yeast (Nottingham dry)
1 tsp gelatin - secondary
OG = 1.061
FG = should be 1.010
The names in parenthesis are the actual ingredient I used. I'm just wondering if they gave me the wrong extract. I didn't think about it at the time because all of my previous brews have had about that color of extract. But, AHS specs the LME at an EBC rating of about 3. Should it have been a really light golden color? It was pretty dark. It's hard to tell when it's concentrated like that.
Will it lighten in color as the fermentables are eaten up by the yeast? I'm not too worried about a ruined batch because I think it will be perfectly drinkable. It just may not taste like the style is suppose to. Who knows, maybe it will be a good accident?
Thanks.
Dave
1/2 lb. Crystal malt (10L)
1/2 lb. CaraPils malt
8 lb. Alexanders Pale LME (AHS pale LME)
1/2 oz Willamette hops - 60m
1/3 oz Hallertauer hops - 60m
1/3 oz Cascade hops - 60m
1/2 oz Hallertauer - 2m
1 tsp Irish Moss
1 ale yeast (Nottingham dry)
1 tsp gelatin - secondary
OG = 1.061
FG = should be 1.010
The names in parenthesis are the actual ingredient I used. I'm just wondering if they gave me the wrong extract. I didn't think about it at the time because all of my previous brews have had about that color of extract. But, AHS specs the LME at an EBC rating of about 3. Should it have been a really light golden color? It was pretty dark. It's hard to tell when it's concentrated like that.
Will it lighten in color as the fermentables are eaten up by the yeast? I'm not too worried about a ruined batch because I think it will be perfectly drinkable. It just may not taste like the style is suppose to. Who knows, maybe it will be a good accident?
Thanks.
Dave