justkev52
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Good Luck.
I somehow seem to screw it up every time I try to brew one.
I somehow seem to screw it up every time I try to brew one.
We had the folks from Genesse at our home brew club meeting a few years ago. We decided to do a clone of Genny cream ale. We used a combination of 2-row, 6 row, and flaked maze as our base grains with a California common yeast. Our brew was placed 2nd out of 9 teams. The brewers from Genesse were impressed by most of the beers and said our recipe was close to the real thing.
I've been reading about Cream Ales for a long time, but I don't eat dairy and as stupid as it sounds, I thought they actually had some sort of cream in them so I never searched for one or a recipe until I just read this post. […]
Fyi, there's no milk in a milk stout, either...
Cheers!
Best cream ale I've tried is called Kilkinney. It's brewed by Guinness from what I've been told. Unfortunately there are only two places in the USA where you can get it. One is at the Rose and Crown in Disney World. If you ever get a chance to try it I highly recommend it. It's awsome.
I can vouch for this recipe ... me and probably a few hundred others on HBT:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f62/cream-three-crops-cream-ale-66503/
This is a pretty great thread! I was looking to brew my boyfriend and his sister a cream ale as my next brew. Genne is one of their favorite brews and they recently lost their father. Looking through old family photos, what was the old man drinking? Squat top bottles of Genne!
I am newbie to brewing, so would anyone have an extract recipe for this? I have little experience with adjuncts. I saw Northern Brewer has a kit available, has anyone tried it? I would really like to make this my first extract true recipe shot, not a kit. Advice appreciated. Although you can get a case of it for around $13 here, I would really enjoy putting some love and time into it.
What does "cereal mashed" mean?
What does "cereal mashed" mean?
Looks like canal water, or cream corn. I used corn and rice flakes.
Kinda tasted like canal water with hops in it too.
Not that bad but not very good either.
Tried it twice for my sis. Botched it both times.
I was thinking it was the wrong yeast. Notty on the 1st try and Safale 05 the next time.Thought it may have needed to be Kolsh.
Has to be fermentation temps or maybe mash temp.
I want to try again. Just a 5 gallon batch this time.
Any tricks I need to know? Kinda discouraging.
justkev52 said:Looks like canal water, or cream corn. I used corn and rice flakes.
Kinda tasted like canal water with hops in it too.
Not that bad but not very good either.
Tried it twice for my sis. Botched it both times.
I was thinking it was the wrong yeast. Notty on the 1st try and Safale 05 the next time.Thought it may have needed to be Kolsh.
Has to be fermentation temps or maybe mash temp.
I want to try again. Just a 5 gallon batch this time.
Any tricks I need to know? Kinda discouraging.
Thanks,Both of those yeasts are the standard. You can use WLP029 Kolsch of you like or the cream ale blend but I don't think yeast is your issue. Light beers like this require a skillfull boil. Not too much and not too little. Different for extract ( definatly late additions for extract) and solid roll for SMM scrubbing (DMS reduction). Use Irish moss and cold crash for "secondary". Should be clear and clean as a whistle.
Mmm one of my favorite beers is Kiwanda Cream Ale by Pelican brewery (http://www.yourlittlebeachtown.com/pelican/beer/kiwanda-cream-ale). I did a cream ale pretty early on in my homebrewing that was just 2 row, lots of flaked barley (I think 20%) and a little bit of cara-pils. Then I just used Mt. Hood hops at 30 mins and less for 25 ibus. Fermented cool with the cream ale blend by white labs and came out with a really solid beer, super refreshing and easy drinking. I entered it in the State Fair and believe it scored in the upper 30s so I was pretty happy about that. Anyway I was always one of those IPA/super hoppy beer drinkers til I had this beer and like someone said the style is pretty open to interpretation which makes it fun to experiment with.
Try to get your hands on Slumbrew's My Better Half. It's an imperial cream ale and its stunning. Not just a great cream ale, but a great beer
pelipen said:I just decided to brew cream of three crops today, since this thread reminded me how much I liked my first one, and changed my brew plans.
Changed it up a little.
Subbed Korean red rice to give a lovely ruby red color
cereal mashed stone ground cornmeal and the rice
subbed in 1/2 lb honey malt, and 1/4 lb biscuit
hopped with Cluster.
Mashed at 152
wort tasted awesome going into the carboy. 1.49 OG
American Ale II yeast, third generation.
Hoping for a crisp ruby red cream ale in a couple months.
Kind of funny seeing all the love for Cream Ale. I know I have seen a few of these posters bash BMC for making tastless beer. Cream Ale is basically the Ale counterpart to the much despised BMC beers . Don't get me wrong, I like Cream Ales, but I also like Bud Light at times too.
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