Success!
Poured a bottle of "General Miller Cream Ale" ( thanks
@bracconiere ) tonight.
It's only been 8 days in the bottle, but I wanted to try one. Threw it in the fridge yesterday.
As the pic shows, head was a little thin. Probably could have coaxed more foam with a different pour. The head did persist though for the entire session much to my surprise.
Appearance was fairly clear for a beer this young (no fining agents used). That was the first thing my wife noticed as well.
The aroma was very appealing. I would still describe it as "grainy".
The taste was clean and a little malty with a somewhat sweet finish. I would use grainy as a descriptor here as well. If anything, it wasn't as dry as I was anticipating, which was slightly disappointing. I didn't detect any hop presence in the aroma, but there was just a whisper of citrus in the taste mid palate. (I initially didn't note that, but after my wife commented on it, I couldn't help but notice she was right.) The best way I can describe it overall though is to say that it tastes
a lot like a macro lager. It was just slightly more interesting, but reminded me of Hamm's; so you can decide if that's a good thing or not. I'm attributing the grainy flavor to be a combination of suspended yeast and so called green beer flavor. There is nothing objectionable about it, but I expect it to fade nonetheless. If it persists, I would guess these extra flavors are due to how hot I allowed the grains to get before pulling the bag. Overall, I was impressed with this beer and really enjoyed it.
So I'm excited on a couple of fronts. This beer is super approachable. My wife tries to like beer, but just hasn't got there yet. She really enjoyed this one, and said she could easily drink a whole one. My dad and brother both drink the macros and haven't truly enjoyed any of my homebrew. I can't wait for them to try this one.
Even though this beer (or others it reminds me of) aren't my favorite style, I'm pumped that it came out as well as I could have imagined, and I truly liked it. I could see this being a base from which I could turn up the hops a little bit or just use a lager yeast in the future to crisp it up a little. Never thought I'd use this grist again, but might make it a small annual tradition now just for fun. I might post some more notes here in a few weeks if the beer changes much in the bottle. For now though, I'm calling it. You can brew a good beer with Frosted Flakes, period.... if you ever want to... for reasons known only to you.