
Honey Cream Ale All-Grain
Cream Ale • All Grain • 10 gal
August 13, 2002 am 10:19am
Ingredients (All Grain, 10 gal)
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 20°L
Crystal Malt 20°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- .5 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- .5 lbs
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.
- 7.5 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
- 2.5 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 6 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- .5 oz
Saaz - 9.0 AA% whole; boiled 25 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 1 oz
Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 10.0 AA% whole; boiled 45 min
Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Mild to strong. 'Noble'.
- .5 oz
Saaz - 9.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 1 oz
Perle - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 1 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- 1 tsp
Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)
Irish Moss
-
Wyeast 3766 Cider
Wyeast 3766 Cider
Crisp dry fermenting yeast with big, fruity finish. Creates a nice balance for all types of apples, pears and other fruit or fermentables. Allows fruit character to dominate the profile.
Notes
Orange Blossom Honey an additional 3 lbs is added to the secondary.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer
Subcategory: A - Cream Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.051 | 1.042 - 1.055 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.006 - 1.012 | ![]() |
Color: | 5.3 SRM | 2.5 - 5 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.0% ABV | 4.2% - 5.6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 25.7 IBU | 15 - 20 | ![]() |
Discussion
Smooth and a little sweet.
2008-05-09 4:36pm
I made this recipe using White Labs Cream ale yeast in a 5 gallon batch. It spent nearly a month in the secondary before it was ready to bottle w/ 1 1/4 cups DME. The result is smooth with a little remaining sweetness and citrus undertones.