Cream Ale Cream of Three Crops (Cream Ale)

[pukexxr]

Brewed up Sunday with some slight variations for a darker colour and a bit more flavour. Fermenting away on WY2565. Very excited for this beer. For my 5.5 gal batch, I did the following:

6 lbs Pale 2-row (Canadian)
1 lb Vienna
1.5 lbs Flaked Corn
1 lb Flaked Rice
0.5lb Rice Hulls

0.33oz Galena @ 60 min
0.33 oz Citra @ 5 min
0.5 Whirlfloc tab @ 5 min
WY2565

I have been looking at this recipe once a day since you posted it. It sounds like a really good variation on this brew. I was planning on doing a berleiner next but think I will put that on the back burner and give this a shot. Looks solid.

 

[rrhoads]

Bonecity, I noticed you doubled the rice and reduced the corn by a bit. If you have brewed the original recipe, how does this compare in terms of dryness and body?

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Bonecity, I noticed you doubled the rice and reduced the corn by a bit. If you have brewed the original recipe, how does this compare in terms of dryness and body?

That was based on Biermunchers post a page or two in saying he did this. I also noticed a LOT of people complaining about the corn-forward flavour later on in the thread. I decided to reduce the corn and makeup the gravity with rice. It seemed to be the most logical fix based on what BM said and the rest of the thread contained.

 

[rrhoads]

That's great info. Gonna try this out again soon. Thanks

 

[CJ-3]

Just ordered the supplies to brew this. Hope to brew either this weekend or the next one.

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Brewed up Sunday with some slight variations for a darker colour and a bit more flavour. Fermenting away on WY2565. Very excited for this beer. For my 5.5 gal batch, I did the following:

6 lbs Pale 2-row (Canadian)
1 lb Vienna
1.5 lbs Flaked Corn
1 lb Flaked Rice
0.5lb Rice Hulls

0.33oz Galena @ 60 min
0.33 oz Citra @ 5 min
0.5 Whirlfloc tab @ 5 min
WY2565

Bottling tonight. Will update with first taste sample pre bottles.

 

[DeadNutsBrewing]

Finally brewing this today for my Memorial Day brew session. I had my first stuck sparge but with a little patience I had it flowing smoothly. I just added the hops and I'll be fermenting it with Wyeast 1007 German Ale yeast.

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Finally brewing this today for my Memorial Day brew session. I had my first stuck sparge but with a little patience I had it flowing smoothly. I just added the hops and I'll be fermenting it with Wyeast 1007 German Ale yeast.

Awesome! I fermented mine on 2565 at the low end of the temp spectrum. Going into bottle, the sample was absolutely fantastic! Super clean, nice and dry and refreshing....even warm and uncarbed. Depending on how the finished product comes out, this may be in rotation every summer.

 

[aprichman]

Just brewed this with a few modifications:

6 lbs Great Western Full Pint Malt
2 lbs Flaked Corn
1 lbs Flaked Rice

105 minute mash (had to take the dog out for a walk!)
Mashed @ 153F (1.5qt/lb) - dropped to 151F after 105 minutes.
Sparged to hit 7 gallons (sparge water @ 165F)

1.25 oz Liberty Hops (4.5% AA) @ 90 minutes (~23 IBU)
Boiled down to ~5.5 gallons

Yielded ~5.25 gallons in the carboy, pitched 1 packet of Safale US-05 @ 70F

Fermentation chamber set to 67F, planning on letting this go for ~2 weeks before bottling.

Been conditioning these bottles for 3-4 weeks and they are perfect now. One of the best beers I have brewed. Great malt flavors with just a hint of bitterness that cuts through. I am going to brew this one again but maybe use a different yeast, kind of curious how a saison yeast would mesh with it.

 

[rockinmac]

First ag yesterday went OK. Missed mash temp by 3f hit 149. And my og came out at 1.052. hope it will still be drinkable. Color is wonderful going into fermenter. Thanks biermuncher. When I seen the color I said now this is why I went ag!!

 

[rockinmac]

Here's the gravity ready. Whoops it was higher than I thought

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Turned out amazingly! Very happy! This is at 2 weeks after bottling. Still some residual champagne-iness from the yeast, but hoping that throwing this in a temp controlled environment at 45 ish will clear that up in another week or two. Excellent beer. I feel like the lb of Vienna I added gives just a hint of maltiness that is extremely pleasant. This is a 5.5% beer that drinks like a 3% BMC and has a ton more flavour. In hindsight, the corn and rice levels are perfect but the late hop addition needed to be increased. I will likely add 0.66 oz or a full oz next time.

This is after only a day in the fridge. I imagine it will clear more with more time. Wy2565

 

[edmanster]

For a nice little change i decided to add 4oz of diced ginger at 15min. Delicious! No bite with a light nose and flavor. Thinking of decarbing too 2vols and pushing it through a nitro tap!

 

[chrisn812]

Finishing up the second of two kegs of the Cream of the Crops. My first time brewing this after 4 years of HomeBrewing. Gotta say it was overall great. I will cut back on the flaked corn a bit. OG came in a bit higher than I wanted at 1.056 (still dialing in new gear).

Next time I'll make it a session.

Very good, I got tons of compliments on this one. Saved a few bottles for contest entries later this summer.

Cheers.

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[zach976]

Any issues with subbing Pilsner malt for the 2 row? I've got some on hand that I need to use up.

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Any issues with subbing Pilsner malt for the 2 row? I've got some on hand that I need to use up.

I don't see one. Would be definitely lighter than mine was, but with the 90 min boil I can't see DMS being a problem either.

 

[zach976]

I don't see one. Would be definitely lighter than mine was, but with the 90 min boil I can't see DMS being a problem either.

Sounds good. Thanks

 

[Calaeb]

Plan to brew this next Sunday using the recipe that was posted a few pages back. Sadly my lhbs is all out of Vienna, would Vienna goldpils be a ok sub? Going to also dry hop it with .5oz of citra

 

[treacheroustexan]

Some may remember my blackberry version of this (aka brewed this and fermented on blackberries lol) Just scored a 39 last weekend and brought me home a 2nd place medal!

 

[dcrog]

Cream of three crops Centennial edition.

Okay, I'm getting old and the memory isn't what it used to be. Picked up some ingredients for this a few weeks back. Don't know why I grabbed Centennial instead of Crystal along with the Williamette. I assume because they both start with a C.

I love the flavor it added just replacing the Crystal and no other changes. IBU's only went to about 24 from a 14 on the original recipe, but this may be a good recipe for the new millenium. LOL

 

[oldstyle69]

Here's the gravity ready. Whoops it was higher than I thought

i like the peg board hooks on hooks.

 

[pukexxr]

Some may remember my blackberry version of this (aka brewed this and fermented on blackberries lol) Just scored a 39 last weekend and brought me home a 2nd place medal!

Congrats on your success with this! I have been thinking about doing the black raspberry version of this (my folks have a giant black raspberry bush) ever since seeing your attempt a little while back and trying my own over some fresh raspberries.

Think I may do a 10 gal batch of the bone city version and fruit half of it.

 

[DeadNutsBrewing]

I tapped a keg of this last night and man it is tasty! It went over well with a few friends and played well with some beer pong!

 

[treacheroustexan]

I tapped a keg of this last night and man it is tasty! It went over well with a few friends and played well with some beer pong!

Oh man. I can only imagine how fast I could go through a 5 gallon keg if we were playing beer pong with this.

 

[Calaeb]

Pages of pages and I still havent confirmed how citra plays in this. Thinking of .5oz in the last 10 mins with 1oz of galena at 60? Any input

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Pages of pages and I still havent confirmed how citra plays in this. Thinking of .5oz in the last 10 mins with 1oz of galena at 60? Any input

Personally I used 0.33 oz of Galena @ 60 and the bitterness for me is perfect. Nice and clean without punching you in the face. I used 0.33oz of Citra @ 5 mins and it wasn't enough. I would honestly bump it to 0.5 - 1 oz to get more flavour from the citra to come through. That was for 5 gal batch.

 

[Calaeb]

Awesome! Was hoping you'd post back, your version is the one I think i'm gonna brew. I already have some instant rice, will look for instant grits at the store tomorrow. What yeast did you use? I'm thinking wy1056, so i can over build and keep some on hand. Also considering wy1318? I think is the number.

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Awesome! Was hoping you'd post back, your version is the one I think i'm gonna brew. I already have some instant rice, will look for instant grits at the store tomorrow. What yeast did you use? I'm thinking wy1056, so i can over build and keep some on hand. Also considering wy1318? I think is the number.

I used WY2565 but any clean yeast will do. 1056 would be great. In hindsight, the Kolsch gave it almost a champagne-ish flavour which can be desirable depending on style. I think 1056 will be great.

 

[Calaeb]

I used WY2565 but any clean yeast will do. 1056 would be great. In hindsight, the Kolsch gave it almost a champagne-ish flavour which can be desirable depending on style. I think 1056 will be great.

Think I will go with 1056, that way I can over build a starter and keep some on hand. What would you suggest as a sub for vienna as my lhbs is out?

 

[bonecitybrewco]

Think I will go with 1056, that way I can over build a starter and keep some on hand. What would you suggest as a sub for vienna as my lhbs is out?

Not a real 1:1 substitute by any means, but light munich or munich 10. Just use about 50% less, which would bring it down to only 0.5lbs.