Cream ale and Sugar?

[Arbe0]

I have seen recipe's on cream Ales that call for Sugar ( assuming not for bottling). Is it normal for cream ales to have sugar in the Mash/boil?.. like this one....https://homebrewacademy.com/cream-ale-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR0Hy8Z5Q4X9x5EH6bX5HqqzOwnB5XzzDgjyjpfP_Quf8JZUh4sfldWi-GI

 

[balrog]

This one does

https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-cream-ale/

 

[BigEd]

I have seen recipe's on cream Ales that call for Sugar ( assuming not for bottling). Is it normal for cream ales to have sugar in the Mash/boil?.. like this one....https://homebrewacademy.com/cream-ale-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR0Hy8Z5Q4X9x5EH6bX5HqqzOwnB5XzzDgjyjpfP_Quf8JZUh4sfldWi-GI

Sugar is not a common ingredient but you add it could if you want to. A cream ale is essentially a North American everyday lager fermented with ale yeast. The original versions normally had a mixture of malt and corn adjunct. Some brewers probably used corn syrup so the sugar would be a replacement for that. I use 75% lager malt and 25% flaked maize for my version.

 

[Arbe0]

I didn't add the sugar, it didn't seem like a good idea to me. We will see in a few weeks how it turns out.

 

[Yooper]

I don't add sugar for all-grain cream ales, but I do use adjuncts which are basically simple sugar- flaked rice or flaked corn.

For a partial mash or extract batch, I would probably use rice syrup solids, corn sugar, etc.