Inspired by Schlenkerla's thread, I finally got around to brewing my own tonight. I more or less stuck with his recipe except I used less grain and a little more extract. I also added some Malto Dextrin.
Ingredient list:
3.3# LME (Light, unhopped)
2# DME (Light)
Grains: 1# Pale Ale Malt
Hops: 1 oz. Cascade
8 oz. Malto Dextrin
1 tsp nutmeg
.25 oz Irish Moss
4 oz Banana Chips
Yeast: Safale US-05
5# bananas
2 oz Vanilla
8 oz. Lactose
Muntons KreamyX
Instructions:
Steep/Mash grains 1 hr @ 155F; sparge
Bring wort to boil
Add 2# LME; return to boil
Add Cascade hops (60 min)
Add Malto Dextrin (20 min)
Add Irish Moss & Nutmeg (15 min)
Add remaining LME/DME & banana chips (10 min)
Chill wort & pitch yeast
Secondary: 5# bananas
Bottling:KreamyX, Lactose & Vanilla
OG: 1.048
As I don't know a lot about making my own recipes, I wasn't really sure what hops to go with. I ended up going with Cascade simply because another Cream Ale kit I had brewed used these. Due to late extract addition, I only added .8 oz of the hops. I haven't ruled out adding another 8 oz of Malto Dextrin when I go to secondary (this will be the first time I do a secondary for beer), but I don't know if that would be a good idea or not. I guess I have a good week or so to decide.
Ingredient list:
3.3# LME (Light, unhopped)
2# DME (Light)
Grains: 1# Pale Ale Malt
Hops: 1 oz. Cascade
8 oz. Malto Dextrin
1 tsp nutmeg
.25 oz Irish Moss
4 oz Banana Chips
Yeast: Safale US-05
5# bananas
2 oz Vanilla
8 oz. Lactose
Muntons KreamyX
Instructions:
Steep/Mash grains 1 hr @ 155F; sparge
Bring wort to boil
Add 2# LME; return to boil
Add Cascade hops (60 min)
Add Malto Dextrin (20 min)
Add Irish Moss & Nutmeg (15 min)
Add remaining LME/DME & banana chips (10 min)
Chill wort & pitch yeast
Secondary: 5# bananas
Bottling:KreamyX, Lactose & Vanilla
OG: 1.048
As I don't know a lot about making my own recipes, I wasn't really sure what hops to go with. I ended up going with Cascade simply because another Cream Ale kit I had brewed used these. Due to late extract addition, I only added .8 oz of the hops. I haven't ruled out adding another 8 oz of Malto Dextrin when I go to secondary (this will be the first time I do a secondary for beer), but I don't know if that would be a good idea or not. I guess I have a good week or so to decide.