Recipe help/suggestions

mattmuir · Apr 16, 2011

Hello all, I am going to try a simple 1st time all grain on Sunday. This is what I found and wanted any thoughts or tweaks. It is an American Cream Ale. The grain and hops bill is as folows:

7lbs 2 row
2lbs Flaked Corn
8 oz Caraplls

Hops 2 oz Cascade with 1 oz 60 min and 1 oz last 5 min.

I want to keep at the 4.5% abv neighborhood.

This ok? nasty? could be better?

Matt

beerkrump · Apr 16, 2011

Sounds good to me. You like Cascades, right. Because they are going to really shine with the malts being so light.

shauntraxler · Apr 16, 2011

Yeah, cascade can be overdone. Make sure you like an "all cascade" hop profile before you brew this up. Maybe switch up the bittering addition and just keep the cascade for flavor/aroma.

Arneba28 · Apr 16, 2011

This is going to be very very bland. The cascade at 60 will give no flavor, only bitterness. The cascade at 5min will only give aroma for the most part. All of the grains and adjuncts that are in there taste basically like nothing.
If you want this to be a cream ale try adding some lactose. Even .5# honey malt will help this get some dimension.

mattmuir · Apr 16, 2011

I have no idea if I like cascade

I have been an extract boy for the last year and just copied the list from an all grain kit from Midwest. Swmbo likes some hops but was a bmc drinker for years. She really like the extract kits, cream ales from brewers best and LHBS. Any hop schedule that would fit this background would be great.

Thanks for the help all.

Matt

Malticulous · Apr 16, 2011

I typed it in,
http://hopville.com/recipe/615919/home-brew/mattmuircream
I don't have the AA but it might be too bitter for the guidelines.

Light beers like this work well with just a FWH. You may like to add 1/4 oz at 10 minutes. It looks like a good cream ale. I have a rice one about to a boil now with just a Crystal (hop) FWH.

zickefoose · Apr 16, 2011

Cascade tends to sit around 5% so that should be right. I've found that Hopville is completely off on the IBU's most of the time. I feel like that beer is gonna taste like nothing with a hint of citrus. That's about it.

mattmuir · Apr 16, 2011

Thanks Malticulous, but whats FWH?

Malticulous · Apr 16, 2011

The reason hopville is off is because too many people don't set the boil volume correct. Cascades I get are almost always 6-7%.

Malticulous · Apr 16, 2011

mattmuir said:
Thanks Malticulous, but whats FWH?

You put the hops in the kettle before draining the mash in (First Wort Hop.) It adds some flavor with the bitterness. It really adds more IBUs than a bittering addition but it tastes less harsh.

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