Kentucky Common Ale
Cream Ale • Extract • 5.5 gal
Going to brew this 10/10/2008
October 10, 2008 pm 11:49pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5.5 gal)
- 1.5 lbs
CaraMalt; Beeston
CaraMalt; Beeston
Often used to give color and flavor to pale lagers.
- 4 lbs
Dry Light Extract
Dry Light Extract
White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.
- 2 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 0.4 oz
Perle - 8.2 AA% whole; 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
- 0.49 oz
Amarillo® - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Amarillo®
Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.
- 0.50 oz
Crystal - 3.2 AA% whole; boiled 3 min
Crystal
Mild. 'Noble'. Used mainly for its aroma which is mild and pleasant.
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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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 6 - Light Hybrid Beer
Subcategory: A - Cream Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.049 | 1.042 - 1.055 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 1.006 - 1.012 | |
| Color: | 10.7 SRM | 2.5 - 5 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.3% ABV | 4.2% - 5.6% | |
| Bitterness: | 13.2 IBU | 15 - 20 |
