Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

[JetSmooth]

I brewed this up pretty much to the original recipe last Sunday for Father's Day. Nailed the 1.040 OG. Took my first gravity reading today and it's spot on 1.010! Sample was nice tasting.

I have ~2 gallons fermenting in a 3 gallon corny and ~8 in a 10 gallon corny.

I figure a pound and a half of frozen blueberries in the smaller keg would be about right.

Do I have to rack them off into a second keg for "secondary" or can I just put them in? I'll likely warm up, pasteurize and blend them up. It'll be my first time adding fruit. I sort of want to avoid the hassle of cleaning another keg.

Probably let them sit another week in the fridge at 68°F before racking to a serving keg.

 

[BadDeacon]

Based in the succulent strawberry blind recipe. Put them frozen into the secondary and rack on top. I left mine for a week to finish the ferment then bottled. No need to blend or pasteurize.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Based in the succulent strawberry blind recipe. Put them frozen into the secondary and rack on top. I left mine for a week to finish the ferment then bottled. No need to blend or pasteurize.

I did a chocolate cherry imperial stout where I racked the beer on top of the cherries in secondary. I put the frozen cherries in the carboy with 2 crushed campden tablets on top and let it rest for 24 hours. Then jus racked the beer on top. Worked real well.


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[JOJO76]

Just brewed up a batch yesterday. I didn't feel lik egoing to the store, so I used what I had on hand.

5 lbs Marris Otter
2 lbs quick grits
2 lbs generic minute rice
1.5 oz Cascade @60
US-05

Hope it turns out well....it's a bit over hopped, but the wort tasted yummy after the 90 min boil.

 

[TrickyDick]

Big thanks for the recipe. This is a real hit with the heat and humidity. Came out a bit stronger than I'd hoped, but still very refreshing in the summer months!

TD

 

[bishjb]

Still getting better, and better, and better and......


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[brokendownyota]

Just brewed this up on Saturday (I'm a newb still, this was batch 4) and my only question is this - Fermenter is sitting next to a "lawnmower beer" recipe (2-row and saaz only) and it looks...grey. I forgot my irish moss, so I expected a bit of cloudyness, but this is something different. The lawnmower beer is gold and light, this is straight up grey and murky.

Is this okay? It's my first time using corn or rice (minute rice in this case) so I have no idea what I'm looking for.

Thanks,

Scot

 

[msa8967]

Just brewed this up on Saturday (I'm a newb still, this was batch 4) and my only question is this - Fermenter is sitting next to a "lawnmower beer" recipe (2-row and saaz only) and it looks...grey. I forgot my irish moss, so I expected a bit of cloudyness, but this is something different. The lawnmower beer is gold and light, this is straight up grey and murky.

Is this okay? It's my first time using corn or rice (minute rice in this case) so I have no idea what I'm looking for.

Thanks,

Scot

If the beer has not cleared enough on its won by the time you want to bottle then I would recommend cold crashing the beer for 1-2 days to see if this helps with clarity. I cold crash the beer you place the fermentor inside a refrigerator for 24-48 hours prior to bottling.

 

[wired]

this is straight up grey and murky.

Scot

Can you get a pic of your beer? I brewed this up yesterday. Cloudy, murky I can understand but I think it should have a yellow or golden color.

msh


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[brokendownyota]

The one on the right. It's settled out quite a bit, but still doesn't have any of the gold colour that the bee on the left (just 2-row and Saaz, been there for 3 weeks) has.

Edit to add: It used to be completely the same colour as that grey trub you see at the bottom.

 

[wired]

Your good just rack to a secondary, use a finning agent, or cold crash like msa8967 said. Or do all three. I think once you get it cold it will clear up pretty quick.

Msh


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[inda_bebe]

Would PARBOILED rice work without a cereal mash

 

[Takuie]

The one on the right. It's settled out quite a bit, but still doesn't have any of the gold colour that the bee on the left (just 2-row and Saaz, been there for 3 weeks) has.

Edit to add: It used to be completely the same colour as that grey trub you see at the bottom.

May wanna throw a towel over those carboys with them being next to a window, your beer will be lightstruck before you even get it in the bottle. Just a suggestion.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

May wanna throw a towel over those carboys with them being next to a window, your beer will be lightstruck before you even get it in the bottle. Just a suggestion.

Beer is kinda like a girlfriend. Its best to keep her in the dark lol


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[flashcdog]

A question about fermentation...

We just brewed a 5 gal version last night and pitched US05. It is sitting in the primary at 68F and already yeast is kicking.

Here is my question... I have to go out of town for 10 days after about 9 days in primary, should I leave for the extra 10 days in primary or rack to secondary after 9 and then let sit in secondary for those 10 days and then keg when I get back? Any benefit either way?

We have done most of our all grains with 1 week primary and 2 weeks secondary and have had great results, but those were other recipes and other yeast.

Thanks for the input!

 

[bishjb]

A question about fermentation...



We just brewed a 5 gal version last night and pitched US05. It is sitting in the primary at 68F and already yeast is kicking.



Here is my question... I have to go out of town for 10 days after about 9 days in primary, should I leave for the extra 10 days in primary or rack to secondary after 9 and then let sit in secondary for those 10 days and then keg when I get back? Any benefit either way?



We have done most of our all grains with 1 week primary and 2 weeks secondary and have had great results, but those were other recipes and other yeast.



Thanks for the input!

Just leave it in the primary. If you can, turn down the temp and cold crash for a couple days before transferring to keg. I almost never secondary anymore. I've made this recipe and it is crystal clear. You can even use a little gelatin in the keg once it's cold.

This is a CCC I made with primary only and a few days of gelatin cleaning....


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[sirquack]

Biermuncher you rock man! I just kegged 5 gallons of Centennial Blonde about a week ago, and just finished my carbing (36hr 30psi and a day of 11psi) of the Cream of the Crop. Both are excellent man! Thanks and Cheers!

 

[dsaavedra]

brokendownyota, I brewed this last week and while the yeast was active in the fermenter it was a yucky murky color just like you describe. The yeast have settled out now and it's got a nice gold color now. I know the color is going to turn out great because my hydrometer sample on brew day had a brilliant yellow color. I am going to try out gelatin for the first time with this batch, I hope it comes out as good as everyone else!

 

[Puddlethumper]

Just finished brewing a batch exactly to recipe except for BRY-97 yeast. Perking away nicely after day 3 and I am looking forward to tasting it in a few weeks.

Quick question: Has anyone tried this recipe using White Labs cream ale yeast?

 

[catdaddy66]

Just finished brewing a batch exactly to recipe except for BRY-97 yeast. Perking away nicely after day 3 and I am looking forward to tasting it in a few weeks.



Quick question: Has anyone tried this recipe using White Labs cream ale yeast?

I haven't but will very soon. Can't wait to try it because it's one of my favorite recipes of late. My favorite list is expanding rapidly... Cream of three crops, California common, English brown, etc. I must keep brewing!


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[ericbw]

[QUO TE=brokendownyota;6237611]The one on the right. It's settled out quite a bit, but still doesn't have any of the gold colour that the bee on the left (just 2-row and Saaz, been there for 3 weeks) has.

Edit to add: It used to be completely the same colour as that grey trub you see at the bottom.[/QUOTE]


I didn't use this recipe, but I made a cream ale that was a little murky in the fermenter. I'll have to pour one to see if it still has any of that. It's not as clear as a blonde I did. Not sure why.

 

[Puddlethumper]

I haven't but will very soon. Can't wait to try it because it's one of my favorite recipes of late. My favorite list is expanding rapidly... Cream of three crops, California common, English brown, etc. I must keep brewing!

I just ran across that yeast strain and wished I'd know about it before I made this last batch. It would be very interesting to know how a cream ale turns out with a yeast developed specifically for the style.

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Its a bit of a stray but figured its worth posting. I brewed a variation of this recipe and its the perfect lawnmower!!! I wanted it to be a bit more of a craft effort so I subbed the base malt for Maris Otter and switched the hop additions to 1oz Citra 10mins from flameout. The balance is perfect... faint hop aroma and just enough hop flavor to get a good feel for the strain(though far from my first time using citra) and still has a nice malty corn backbone.

From now on this recipe using MO +1oz of the hops of my choice will be my new go to for experimenting with different hop varieties!!

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Brewing this as we speak, just finished the mash. almost full volume BIAB. 6 gallon mash water, strike temp at 157. Added grain and it dropped to 140. WTF?! Pulled bag out, and heated water to 154, added grains back. Got to 150. Almost there. Left bag in this time, heated to 152. Finally!

Mashed 65 mintues~. Wrapped in 2 sleeping bags, lost 2 degrees. Sounds good to me.

Getting to boil currently. Have to say the wort is pretty strange looking, only my 2nd light beer so far but it's hazy and grayish yellow. Is this normal? Mostly I do darks; stout, porter, browns. Did BMs centenial ale, and it wasn't this gray/hazy looking. Just a pale yellow.

I'll take some out and take a gravity reading to make sure I got converstion. Maybe the low temp and pulling the bag stopped activity and it's hazy due to all the starch??

Brought to boil, realized I was out of both hops... Subbed fuggles for the willammette and cascade for the crystal.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Brewing this as we speak, just finished the mash. almost full volume BIAB. 6 gallon mash water, strike temp at 157. Added grain and it dropped to 140. WTF?! Pulled bag out, and heated water to 154, added grains back. Got to 150. Almost there. Left bag in this time, heated to 152. Finally!

Mashed 65 mintues~. Wrapped in 2 sleeping bags, lost 2 degrees. Sounds good to me.

Getting to boil currently. Have to say the wort is pretty strange looking, only my 2nd light beer so far but it's hazy and grayish yellow. Is this normal? Mostly I do darks; stout, porter, browns. Did BMs centenial ale, and it wasn't this gray/hazy looking. Just a pale yellow.

I'll take some out and take a gravity reading to make sure I got converstion. Maybe the low temp and pulling the bag stopped activity and it's hazy due to all the starch??

Brought to boil, realized I was out of both hops... Subbed fuggles for the willammette and cascade for the crystal.

All the adjuncts make it look like that. No worries. Its light golden and clear when its done

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Okay cool. Just gave me a wtf did I do wrong moment.
Preboil was @ 1.036 ish, og was @ 1.042~. No idea on the volume really, as my 6g fermenters were full. Split between two 5 gallon buckets, about 3 gal and 2.5 gal roughly. Cooled down to 70 and racked to buckets. Placed in fermenter, I'll pitch tomorrow.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Okay cool. Just gave me a wtf did I do wrong moment.
Preboil was @ 1.036 ish, og was @ 1.042~. No idea on the volume really, as my 6g fermenters were full. Split between two 5 gallon buckets, about 3 gal and 2.5 gal roughly. Cooled down to 70 and racked to buckets. Placed in fermenter, I'll pitch tomorrow.

I think youre really gonna like this beer. The base recipe is so solid, it allows for some changes. Its a great beer for BMC drinkers. Very sessionable. But too of good quality to call a lawnmower beer

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Slightly annoyed I was out of the crystal, but can't wait to give this a try!

Did a rough estimate on the volume. Buckets are 11" interior diameter, and the two volume heights are 6" and 7.5" so roughly 2.5 and 3.1 gallons each respectively. So I may be a slightly over 5.5G but no worries.

 

[Quaffman]

So I just got done brewing this and it's the cloudiest wort I've ever had. Had anyone else had this issue with this beer? I've never brewed with flaked corn or rice before so I don't know if that's the culprit.

 

[ericbw]

So I just got done brewing this and it's the cloudiest wort I've ever had. Had anyone else had this issue with this beer? I've never brewed with flaked corn or rice before so I don't know if that's the culprit.

I did a cream ale with corn, and had the same thing. I think it's the adjuncts. It was gray and cloudy, but cleared perfectly.