Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

[reinstone]

How would the beer be affected if I went with 3 lbs rice 3 lbs corn.....sweeter or drier? Thanks.

 

[CDGoin]

Just tossing this out there - maybe start the brew now without hops, then get some hops on Friday, boil them in plain water and pitch them in secondary?

I think it would be easier to just brew the whole damned thing on Friday. Make the kitchen an absolute mess, and make sure you've had enough homebrew to make your speech slurred when your wife arrives home. One way or another, you'll get the freedom to brew when you want to.

OH that would go over well

Actually found 1oz of Willamette and brewed with that..

On day two and the yeast are going nuts. Krausen is over a 1/2" thick and the yeast are just running around like crazy . This recipe is taking to lagering well.

I have only seen one batch go this crazy and it was an ale going at 70 degrees. Where this is running at 51 degrees, and self-generating at least 5 degrees.

I think it will be awesome.

My modified recipe and results are here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/3-crops-honey-lager-402493/

 

[GMJager]

Planning on a 5gal BIAB of this for my next brew!

 

[AVLbrewing]

Took a SG reading today! Here are the stats:
OG: 1.048
SG (Day 12): 1.014
Attenuation: 70.8%
ABV: 4.46%

It sounds like 70% attenuation is acceptable for US-05, so I'll recheck on Day 14, rack to secondary with gelatin, then keg...

One question though, what CO2 volume are people kegging this at? This will be my first time kegging, and I'm hoping to not lose half my beer due to foam! Any recommendations on burst carbing or force carbing? I've read all the kegging stickies and I'm debating how patient I can be...

And just because we haven't had a picture in this thread in awhile:

My hydro sample smelled and tasted great! I can't wait to get it cold and carbonated!

 

[histo320]

Making this on sat but lhbs only had 1 lb of flaked corn. Do I just go with the 1 lb or is there a substitute that I can use?

Btw I scaled the recipe to 5 gal

 

[AVLbrewing]

Making this on sat but lhbs only had 1 lb of flaked corn. Do I just go with the 1 lb or is there a substitute that I can use?

Btw I scaled the recipe to 5 gal

You can use instant grits. I'm not sure if it's a 1:1 conversion though. I know its been discussed recently (within the last 5 pages). Someone else might be able to chime in...

 

[histo320]

I've done some research and it looks like it is about a 1:1 conversion with no cereal mash. LHBS also did not have any Crystal so I am substituting with Hallertaur.

 

[kapbrew13]

I've done some research and it looks like it is about a 1:1 conversion with no cereal mash. LHBS also did not have any Crystal so I am substituting with Hallertaur.

I've done it with hallertaur and it turned out great

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

Usin saaz hops a good sub?

 

[GMJager]

Got all my ingredients for a 5gal batch today!

 

[histo320]

I am brewing this today but ran into two problems. 1 -using 1 lb of instant grits, LHBS out of flaked corn. And instead of using American Ale Yeast or Cream Ale Yeast. Northern Brewer sent me the wrong yeast of which I didn't notice until I already mashed in, went to grab the smack pack and discovered it was American Ale II (1272) not American Ale (1056). After a quick google search I discovered several Cream Ale recipes that use this yeast. So at this point there is no turning back.

 

[pellis007]

Brewed this today. I upped the OG to 1.045 on Beersmith and actually hit 1.050. Efficiency was 82.3%. Everything came out great. Really looking forward to being able to try this one.

 

[idrinkstuffnthings]

Quick question. LHBS has crystal hops at 6.7% AA. recipe asks for 1oz 3.5%. Is it as simple as halfing the oz's to make the right AA?

 

[rossi46]

Quick question. LHBS has crystal hops at 6.7% AA. recipe asks for 1oz 3.5%. Is it as simple as halfing the oz's to make the right AA?

I think that would be close enough. Maybe .6 oz.

 

[idrinkstuffnthings]

I think that would be close enough. Maybe .6 oz.

Ya, i never did the actual math, i just meant that you go by AA%, not the weight.

Thanks!

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Has anyone done this recipe and added lemon zest or possibly some grains of paradise? I dont want to mess with the recipe too much but I'd like to add a nice light citrus note.

 

[Yellowirenut]

I will admit I did not rad all 182 pages so forgive me if this has been asked/answered.
I just did a partial mash cream ale kit last weekend. I am thinking of trying this as my second all grain brew (the first one I ordered yesterday. A chocolate rye)
Anyways, in the kit I did last weekend they included a packet of malto dextrin. Is that necessary for this to be a cream or do the grains themselves work for that mouth feel?

 

[kapbrew13]

I will admit I did not rad all 182 pages so forgive me if this has been asked/answered.
I just did a partial mash cream ale kit last weekend. I am thinking of trying this as my second all grain brew (the first one I ordered yesterday. A chocolate rye)
Anyways, in the kit I did last weekend they included a packet of malto dextrin. Is that necessary for this to be a cream or do the grains themselves work for that mouth feel?

In all grain you can use different temp and water volumes to make more body.

 

[stratslinger]

Does anyone else find that this brew gives them a crazy efficiency boost?

I reviewed my notes, and last year I shot for 1.040 as designed, and hit 1.049. Today I aimed for 1.043, just to hit what BeerSmith said was "in style" for a cream ale, and I hit 1.059!

I typically hit about 72% efficiency batch sparging, but both times brewing this I've been in the neighborhood of 90%. I'm thinking the flaked corn and minute rice must be the culprits there...

 

[kapbrew13]

Does anyone else find that this brew gives them a crazy efficiency boost?

I reviewed my notes, and last year I shot for 1.040 as designed, and hit 1.049. Today I aimed for 1.043, just to hit what BeerSmith said was "in style" for a cream ale, and I hit 1.059!

I typically hit about 72% efficiency batch sparging, but both times brewing this I've been in the neighborhood of 90%. I'm thinking the flaked corn and minute rice must be the culprits there...

Is it the rice and corn?

 

[Channel66]

Does anyone else find that this brew gives them a crazy efficiency boost?

I reviewed my notes, and last year I shot for 1.040 as designed, and hit 1.049. Today I aimed for 1.043, just to hit what BeerSmith said was "in style" for a cream ale, and I hit 1.059!

I typically hit about 72% efficiency batch sparging, but both times brewing this I've been in the neighborhood of 90%. I'm thinking the flaked corn and minute rice must be the culprits there...

You using the original recipe? Or are you adding dextrose like the other recipes here? If you're reading post boil and adding dextrose you need to account for that in your calculations.

 

[reinstone]

Okay brewed this yesterday. Went 3 lbs rice 3 lbs corn. Mashed 2 hours +. Can't wait. Will post back.

 

[stratslinger]

You using the original recipe? Or are you adding dextrose like the other recipes here? If you're reading post boil and adding dextrose you need to account for that in your calculations.

I'm going by the original recipe, no dextrose.

 

[mresa641]

Can I use a high gravity Belgian yeast to mix it up? What do you guys think?

 

[Channel66]

Can I use a high gravity Belgian yeast to mix it up? What do you guys think?

I used wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes, it's working wonderfully.

 

[wyoast]

I brewed a variation of this yesterday, used 4.5lbs Marris Otter instead of 2row, 1lb corn, 5oz of rice for a 3g BIAB batch and pitced BRY-97 rehydrated.. couldnt stick to the recipe cause my HBS was out of 2row and US-05. brewday went great, it was my first BIAB attempt (I am usually an all grainer) but my mash tun was a little too much for the 3g batch. nice color but the BRY-97 has yet to start working...

 

[thadius856]

couldnt stick to the recipe cause my HBS was out of 2row and US-05.

Those are two things no LHBS should ever be out of.

 

[reinstone]

Those are two things no LHBS should ever be out of.

That's no lie...it's like the gas station being out of gas. Is jimmy in the White House again?

 

[Channel66]

That's no lie...it's like the gas station being out of gas. Is jimmy in the White House again?

My lhbs has run out of 2 row before but it was because of shipping error with their distributor. Luckily a local brewery stepped up and sold them some of their stores to keep them afloat while they figured it out.

 

[GMJager]

Those are two things no LHBS should ever be out of.

Pretty sure my LHBS doesn't even HAVE dry yeasts... Just wyeast and whitelabs... Luckily there are other LHBS's that have dry variants