Cream Ale Recipe - Spring Cleaning Ale

Recipe Info

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Spring Cleaning Ale

by on
All Grain
5.75 Gallon(s)
7.25 Gallon(s)
75 min
81%
Spring cleaning time: Using up some leftover pilsen, oats, 10L crystal and centennial hops i have along with my last viable washed yeast in the fridge (nottingham). Add a foundation of 2 Row with a bit of munich and it should make a decent cream ale with just a package of cascade for flavor and aroma.

This recipe was cloned from Brunnette Kolsch on Rye.

Fermentables

68% - 2-Row - US
7
37
1
Mash
10% - Dark Munich - DE
1
36
13
Mash
10% - Pilsen - UK
1
36
1
Mash
10% - Flaked Oats - US
1
37
1
Mash
2% - Caramel/Crystal 10 - US
0.25
35
10
Mash

Hops

Centennial
0.25
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
10.5
8.4
Cascade
0.5
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
5.8
7.2
Cascade
0.5
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
5.8
3.4

Yeast

Danstar Nottingham
83%

Other Stuff

whirlfloc tablet
1
each
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Mash at 152 for 90 minutes
2.
Sparge with 170-180F until 7.2 gallons collected in kettle.
3.
boil for 75 minutes, begin hop schedule at 60 minutes
4.
Ferment 14-21 days at mid 60's,
5.
cold crash and rack to secondary or keg and hold at mid 60's F for 14-21 days
6.
carbonate at 2.7 vol

Tasting Notes (2)

mpt2222

Tasted on 5/26/2017 by mpt2222

Notes:

Gave up quite a citrus aroma while racking to the keg. Not getting the alcohol flavor but hints of lemon and a bit of grapefruit linger as aftertaste. Mild sweetness and not much bitter flavor. very mild brew for moderate ABV.

mpt2222

Tasted on 5/23/2017 by mpt2222

Notes:

Took tasting while grabbing a FG reading. Has a slightly sweet and mild flavor, with a bit of an alcohol aftertaste at this stage. Reminiscent of a blend of my 3rd times a charm pilsner and rotating crops recipes. Going to leave this to clean up at room temp for another few days, cold crash, and put in keg for a couple weeks to cold condition and hope it mellows out.

Recipe Facts

Spring Cleaning Ale
Cream Ale
  • 5.75 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 75  min Boil Time
  • 1.053 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 19.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.36 BG:GU
  • 4.1° SRM Color
  • 81% Efficiency
  • 5.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 175 per 12oz Calories
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Cream Ale

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.042-1.055 / Your OG: 1.053
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.006-1.012 / Your FG: 1.009
IBU 0
120
IBU: 8-20 / Your IBU: 19
SRM 0
40
SRM: 2.5-5 / Your SRM: 4.1
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4.2-5.6 / Your ABV: 5.7
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.15-0.48 / Your BG:GU: 0.36

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