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Kriegster Kream

Kriegster Kream

Cream Ale • All Grain • 10 gal

Kriegster

Genesee clone attempt

May 30, 2010 am 10:21am

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain10 gal)

  • 17 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 3 lbs Corn Grits

    Corn Grits

    Imparts a corn/grain taste. Use in American lagers.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.4 AA% pellets; boiled 120 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Willamette - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale™

    Wyeast 1056 American Ale™

    Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.

Notes

Corn grits actually corn flour. Flour gummed up the works. Mash would not flow. What a mess. Was able to sparge but only by pressing the first runnings out of the grain bed . Then resusspending the mash in the sparge water (80C) and finally it flowed. Needed Muselin bag to get the mash drained and sparged. Extract efficiency still good, but carried a lot of solids over to the boil. Boiled 3 hrs becuase I had something to do.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: A - Cream Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.042 - 1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.006 - 1.012
Color: 3.2 SRM 2.5 - 5
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.2% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 16.6 IBU 15 - 20

Discussion

Kriegster

Just OK - Will try again

2010-06-28 11:52pm

The beer after 2 weeks in the keg is actually pretty clear considering the mess in the mash and boil. Flavor was off though. Not sure, but it tasted a bit musty to me. maybe the yeast was getting old in the fermentor after 3rd pitch from previous beers. Next time will use German hops.

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