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American cream ale

American cream ale

Cream Ale • Extract • 5.5 gal

Mike Knerr

My wife liked this one so much that she asked me to brew some more beer,(Twist my arm).

March 3, 2001 pm 05:42pm

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 gal)

  • 1 lbs American 6-row Pale

    American 6-row Pale

    Tends to increase lautering efficiency due to a stiffer husk. May be used as the base malt for any beer style. The enzymes in all varieties of the current crop are sufficient to support high percentages of specialty malts and adjuncts.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

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

  • 4.5 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1.5 lbs Corn Sugar

    Corn Sugar

    Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.

  • 1 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 40 min

    Hallertau

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

  • .25 oz Cascade - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • .25 oz Cascade - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • White Labs WLP840 American Lager

    White Labs WLP840 American Lager

    This yeast is used to produce American style lagers. Dry and clean with a very slight apple fruitiness. Sulfur and diacetyl production is minimal.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: A - Cream Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.047 1.042 - 1.055
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.006 - 1.012
Color: 4.6 SRM 2.5 - 5
Alcohol: 5.0% ABV 4.2% - 5.6%
Bitterness: 14.6 IBU 15 - 20

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