Need some ideas

[Bearturkey]

Hey y’all,

I just brewed a simple cream ale extract recipe and threw in some extra sugar to bring the OG up to 1.052. I originally thought I would just do the boring old cream ale, but I want some ideas on what to throw into the fermentor to have some fun with it. I’ve done one with raspberries and one with strawberries, what would be some things y’all would do to change up a cream ale?

 

[S-Met]

Vanilla?
Chocolate/cocoa nibs?
Peanut butter?
Peach?
Lemon zestm
Basil?

 

[JohnSand]

Don't tease the new guy, he might not get the joke.
I've had a blonde with apricot which was good, and a pale with orange. I made a clone kit of the apricot blonde that was a nice summer beer. Watermelon seems common now. Good luck, keep us posted

 

[rhys333]

Since you're bumping up the OG and drying it out, maybe chuck in some rhubarb and give it a nice tart finish?

 

[gunhaus]

I add bubbles to mine. Little ones - real close together.

 

[bleme]

My first kit was a Creme Ale Extract. I bottled half 'plain' and added a bourbon vanilla extract my mom (commercial candy maker) had to the other half. The base beer was great right away. The vanilla flavored bottles needed about 3 months before they melded together right. Even then, I don't think I preferred them to the base beer.

 

[catdaddy66]

Some jalapeños? I like a spicy ale sometimes.

 

[JohnSand]

My first kit was a Creme Ale Extract. I bottled half 'plain' and added a bourbon vanilla extract my mom (commercial candy maker) had to the other half. The base beer was great right away. The vanilla flavored bottles needed about 3 months before they melded together right. Even then, I don't think I preferred them to the base beer.

That's a good idea.