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Mango Cream Ale

Mango Cream Ale

Cream Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

Al Boyce

An experimental light-fruity beer suitable for holiday parties... I hope!

August 22, 2002 pm 01:48pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 5.5 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

  • 3.25 lbs Belgian Wheat Malt

    Belgian Wheat Malt

    Malted wheat for use in Wheat beers.

  • .125 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • .125 lbs Belgian Biscuit

    Belgian Biscuit

    Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.

  • 1 lbs Corn Flaked (Maize)

    Corn Flaked (Maize)

    Generally a neutral flavor, used to reduce maltiness of beer. Produces beer with a milder, less malty flavor. Uses: Primarily for light Bohemian and Pilsner lagers.

  • .75 oz Perle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 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

  • .75 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 12 lb Pureed Mangos - (omitted from calculations)

    Pureed Mangos

  • 1 tsp Phosphoric Acid - (omitted from calculations)

    Phosphoric Acid

  • 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

Mangos added to secondary fermenter after being sulfited. . Brewed for 2002 Nov/Dec AHA Club-Only Fruit Beer competition.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: A - Cream Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.045 1.042 - 1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.006 - 1.012
Color: 4.0 SRM 2.5 - 5
Alcohol: 4.8% ABV 4.2% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 26.1 IBU 15 - 20

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