Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

[Stillraining]

I haven't made a beer yet I like right out of fermentation...they all take at least some time....also I have noticed beer recipes are not always linear when reduced or enlarged. You scaled down quite a bit, that could be it.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I just bottled the gallon of this that I fermented on blackberries and it was the most beautiful color ever. If you could picture a pink catawba wine.. very similar color! I'l post a picture later this week when I crack one.

 

[chrisisnapping]

This is probably the worst luck I have ever seen someone have.

yeah, not the best day haha.

I did get the temp back down to 152 and mashed for 20 minutes at that point, squeezed to all hell. took a pre-boil reading of 1.028. Going to go through the boil and see what I get before I pitch the yeast. If it's around the 1.044 mark I may just pitch and see what happens. I have a spare fermenter so really only harm is the $4 cost for s-05 and the cost of .46oz of hops.

update:

transferring to carboy now, gravity came it at 1.0445. Guess I'll pitch it and see what happens.

edit 1/25: Happily fermenting away. Going on vacation soon so it'll be in the fermenter until 2/15, so just over 3 weeks.

 

[Camden2300]

Friend tried this this weekend pushed to 5.3 % or so and loved it....

My second batch is ready to be kegged... I pushed it to 6% and kicked up ibu s slightly.... Staple tastes great

Thanks so much for the recipe

 

[Zzyzx3]

I brewed a biab version of this. It turned out pretty well. I might cut back the rice next time since I left it the same even though I reduced the grain amounts for 5 gallons. Still pleased with how it turned out!

And it's crystal clear after a couple weeks of sitting

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[treacheroustexan]

Here it is. Fermented on blackberries. SO TASTY. I'm in love. Still a very light beer, but you get a nice blackberry flavor come through. Looks like a light pink in the light. This is also only 3 days in the bottle... I couldn't wait. I'l try another bottle in a week and see how it is.

 

[jorgemog]

I haven't posted her in ages but I recently brewed this beer for a wedding (to be held on Feb. 20th).

I had brewed this about 2 years ago when I first started kegging. No filtering, no temp controls, plain old kegging and trying to carb at room temperature. My friends thought it was OK.

This time I ended up using 1kg of popcorn for 10 gallons, 600 grams of instant rice and adjusted for desired gravity with 6-row base malt. (got it for cheap and wanted to give it a try).

The beer has just been kegged and will be carbed appropriately but it already looks awesome and tastes great. It will definitely be a hit with the non-craft-beer-drinkers at the wedding.

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[Greg1Cruickshank]

I always use popcorn for this beer. I've actually never used any other form of corn. It's much cheaper than flaked maze or other forms of corn, and it works darn well.

 

[Rev2010]

I always use popcorn for this beer. I've actually never used any other form of corn. It's much cheaper than flaked maze or other forms of corn, and it works darn well.

Isn't most popcorn popped in sunflower or other vegetable oils? Would that have an affect on head retention? Also, at least by me, it's less easy to find unsalted popcorn. Sounds interesting though. Do you grind up the popcorn?


Rev.

 

[jorgemog]

I always use popcorn for this beer. I've actually never used any other form of corn. It's much cheaper than flaked maze or other forms of corn, and it works darn well.

First time I brewed it I tried crushing the kernels. Being Lazy I just put them in the mash tun and I almost hit my gravity. Kernels went from yellow to plain white. I agree, popcorn was great!

Isn't most popcorn popped in sunflower or other vegetable oils? Would that have an affect on head retention? Also, at least by me, it's less easy to find unsalted popcorn. Sounds interesting though. Do you grind up the popcorn?


Rev.

I popped it with a hot air popcorn machine. You basically put some kernels in there and it produces hot air that will give them no flavor and no grease whatsoever. No grinding of the popcorn, just be careful not to get a stuck sparge. They will practically dissolve in contact with water.

 

[Greg1Cruickshank]

Air popper

 

[Greg1Cruickshank]

That's exactly how I do it. I air pop the kernels and dump the popped corn into my mash tun.
In fact I've done several 'cream of 2 crop' beers and simply skipped the rice.

7lb domestic 2 row and 4 Lb (pre popped weight) popcorn.

Best dang American light lager (ale) I've ever taisted.
Perhaps a touch sweeter than the Cof3C as the rice would dry it out a touch though.

 

[cheesecake]

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Bottled on Saturday and it's already tasty!

 

[Greg1Cruickshank]

This is two days in the bottle? That is one mighty fine looking beer my friend.

 

[cheesecake]

It's 3 days and it carbonated pretty quickly. Still needs a bit longer but it is a very smooth easy drinking beer

 

[Greg1Cruickshank]

It's such a cheap and easy beer to brew too hey? Yeah unthinking he earliest I've cracked one of mine was maybe 3 days as well.

 

[z-bob]

A Corona mill handles corn just fine. I have my dad's old Corona, and the reason he bought it was to make cornmeal.

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm going to use broken jasmine rice (cooked ahead of time in a rice cooker) and Maseca corn tortilla mix. The Maseca shouldn't need a cereal mash, the only problem is it might be ground too fine.

ETA: Would it hurt anything to use pilsner malt instead of plain 2-row? I've got a 25 kg bag of MFB pils.

 

[AJStank]

Love this recipe, but my recent batch has some major aceteldehyde going on. I fermented around 66 with US-05 for 3 weeks with a week then to cold crash prior to transferring to the keg. It's been in the keg almost 3 weeks now and it's a green apple bomb. I've done 3 batches of this and the past 2 had the apple flavor. I was very careful with sanitation on both accounts. I did the first batch with 1056 and did not have aceteldehyde issues. Any chance this will fade with some more time?

 

[msa8967]

Love this recipe, but my recent batch has some major aceteldehyde going on. I fermented around 66 with US-05 for 3 weeks with a week then to cold crash prior to transferring to the keg. It's been in the keg almost 3 weeks now and it's a green apple bomb. I've done 3 batches of this and the past 2 had the apple flavor. I was very careful with sanitation on both accounts. I did the first batch with 1056 and did not have aceteldehyde issues. Any chance this will fade with some more time?

I have brewed this a dozen times and find that after 2-3 weeks of cold conditioning in the keg that the acetaldehyde taste does fade. Let us know how this turns out.

 

[KiwiRob]

Opened one of mine today.

 

[EmptyVessel]

I'm excited for this one. I went with 7lbs 2 row,6 oz prisoner malt, 4 oz dextrose, and a box of instant rice, pitched my starter from my washed Nottingham. I'll let you folks know how it goes.

 

[Toppers15]

Targeting this feller as my next brew.

2 questions.

How will 1056 fare? I've got a washed batch in the fridge I'd like to use if possible.

Sub for Willamette? LHBS doesn't have it.

 

[EmptyVessel]

Not sure on the yeast, I swapped Fuggles for the Willamette.

 

[z-bob]

Sub for Willamette? LHBS doesn't have it.

I'd say Golding, or any of the noble hops or Mount Hood.

Really, you can probably use any just about anything if you don't overdo it. Have fun with it. New Zealand hops might be interesting.

 

[msa8967]

Targeting this feller as my next brew.

2 questions.

How will 1056 fare? I've got a washed batch in the fridge I'd like to use if possible.

Sub for Willamette? LHBS doesn't have it.

I used 1056 for the last several batches and it came out just fine. I have also used Liberty hops in some of my cream ales and find this substitution very tasty.

 

[dnewf]

Thinking of cutting down on the corn and rice maybe by half. Any suggestions to how much corn sugar to use to make up the difference? When would you add the corn sugar after the mash in the kettle before boil or in the P fermentor?

 

[mux11]

ok- need some help. first couple batches turned out great. Now I am getting a kinda bitter, maybe soapy off flavor and don't know where it would be coming from. The batch im drinking now I hit all my numbers. it started out drinking kinda ok but had gotten stronger bitter (not pleasant) flavors.
Any suggestions?

 

[AJStank]

Been about a week since I last tried my latest batch. Aceteldehyde is less pronounced. I'm hoping another 1-2 weeks and it'll have faded completely.

 

[AJStank]

Been about a week since I last tried my latest batch. Aceteldehyde is less pronounced. I'm hoping another 1-2 weeks and it'll have faded completely.

 

[Bigdaddyale]

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