Muskoka Cream Ale clone?

[mattdee1]

Anybody familiar with this beer? It's getting to be a favorite of mine and I'd like to make something like it.

I'm not experienced enough yet to reverse engineer beers, but I don't think this recipe would be very complicated. A bunch of 2-row (maybe Maris Otter?), maybe a touch of Vienna, then some crystal 60, with a "crisp" yeast like S-05 or Nottingham. Mostly bittering additions for hops, lowish IBU.

I didn't look too hard, but I was surprised to see that a quick Google search turned up no results for this. I'd be interested to hear from anybody who has something that would make a good starting point so it takes me fewer iterations to dial it in.

 

[shellsbells]

Recently I searched online for a Muskoka Cream Ale clone, too, and came across this http://kitchenbrewing.ca/blog/2016/01/28/cream-ale/ . I haven't tried it, so don't know how close it is to the real deal, but perhaps it'll give you your starting point. Cheers!

 

[jwalk4]

That recipe linked above should get you close.

Muskoka's cream ale shouldn't be too hard to copy because it is drier and more pale ale-like than other cream ales. Indeed, one of the stand out features are the hops.

I think they use something else at least in addition to cascade though. Maybe centennial?