Starting an American Cream Ale tonight

[dpalme]

Got the pot on, 3 gallons of water coming to a boil......

Its supposed to be a light bodied, easy drinkable beer with about 4.75 abv, with that clean crisp pop with a hoppy flavor....

I might even bottle this batch versus kegging.....

Picked up another case of Sam Adams tonight so I will have more bottles to use Hey take out the price of the bottles (.80 ea) and I only pay .30 for the beer

 

[dpalme]

Got the water to a raging boil right at 20 minutes.....added the extract and bittering hops and we are now 8 minutes into the 60 minute cooking time. At 40 I'll drop the flavor hops and away we go!

Now for a Sam Adams while I wait.

 

[DrummerBoySeth]

Got the water to a raging boil right at 20 minutes.....added the extract and bittering hops and we are now 8 minutes into the 60 minute cooking time. At 40 I'll drop the flavor hops and away we go!

Now for a Sam Adams while I wait.

Quit it... you are making me want to brew... don't have any ingredients right now... NOT NICE!

 

[dpalme]

LOL sorry dude.....IF you were closer I'd offer you a beer

 

[dpalme]

16 min to go on the boil.....

 

[dpalme]

Picture of the extract at the final end of the boil.

 

[cmybeer]

Cream ale is on my list of things to do in the next couple months. What yeast are you using? I have some washed and saved San Francisco Lager Yeast from a California Common I might give it a shot with.

 

[dpalme]

Safale 05 Ale Yeast

 

[frankieboy007]

Just bottled a cream ale Sunday night, a little over on the style guidelines (1.059 actual OG, high end for category 1.055). FG 1.012, tastes lightly citrus from the hops, also lightly sweet from the flaked maize/malt combination, should be VERY easy drinking, hehehe...Used yeast harvested from a batch of amber ale using WLP001 (White Labs). Very happy with the results. Good job on your brew, btw!

 

[Beer-lord]

I make so many dark beers, hoppy IPA's that I am going to try a Cream Ale. Here's one my LHBS guru put together for me today. I'm not sure about the yeast yet and may just use 05.
I have everything but the yeast so far.
It only called for 1 oz of Clusters but I just had to add something to it to give it a little more aroma. At least it's a session beer and good for lawn work. And, it should be ready pretty quick too!

Metry Cream Ale
American Pale Ale

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (G): 5.2
Total Grain (lb): 10.000
Total Hops (oz): 2.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.049 (°P): 12.1
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.81 %
Colour (SRM): 4.0 (EBC): 7.9
Bitterness (IBU): 23.5 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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3.000 lb American 2-Row (30%)
3.000 lb American 6-Row (30%)
3.000 lb Flaked Corn (30%)
1.000 lb Munich I (10%)

Hop Bill
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1.00 oz Cluster Pellet (5.7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)
1.00 oz Mt. Hood Pellet (5.2% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 151°F for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 68°F with WLP080 - Cream Ale Blend

 

[tre9er]

Just brewed Biermuncher's Cream of 3 Crops last weekend. Maize, Rice, 2-row and a light bittering hop (EKG in my case). Hoping it turns out like a wayyy better BMC, so...not really a BMC at all

 

[tre9er]

Cream ale is on my list of things to do in the next couple months. What yeast are you using? I have some washed and saved San Francisco Lager Yeast from a California Common I might give it a shot with.

Obviously you'll want to ferment that down in the 50's if possible. Swamp cooler in basement or cool lower level with ice-bottles (or ferm chamber) would be ideal.

 

[frankieboy007]

brewed a batch of cream ale myself about 4 weeks ago, just bottled last week, came out very tasty! I used washed yeast from White Labs California Ale WLP001 and got outstanding results! Og 1.059 (a little high for the style, but close), FG 1.012. Something to think about.