Cream Ale Recipe - American Light Ale

Recipe Info

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American Light Ale

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5 Gallon(s)
2.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
Super simple light beer. Use Muntons Hopped Light Malt for the liquid malt (remove the hops from this recipe also) and you can bring the boil down to 15 minutes. Do not boil Hopped Malts, add them at flameout, the whole thing (steeping, boiling, pitching) can happen in an hour.

Fermentables

52% - Liquid Malt Extract - Light
3.3
35
4
Extract
32% - Dry Malt Extract - Pilsen
2
42
2
Extract
8% - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) (US)
0.5
33
1
Steep
8% - Flaked Corn - US
0.5
37
1
Steep

Hops

East Kent Golding (UK)
1
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
4.8
19.4

Yeast

Safale US-05
86%

Other Stuff

Gelatin
0.5
tsp
Bottle

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Gelatin makes this beer as clear as any lager
2.
If brewing with a can of Muntons Hopped Light then omit the East Kent Goldings hops, make the boil only 15 minutes and don't boil the can of Muntons. Add it at flameout to dissolve and then cool immediately to pitch.

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Recipe Facts

American Light Ale
Cream Ale
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 2.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.043 OG
  • 1.006 FG
  • 19.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.45 BG:GU
  • 3.6° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 141 per 12oz Calories
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Cream Ale

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.042-1.055 / Your OG: 1.043
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.006-1.012 / Your FG: 1.006
IBU 0
120
IBU: 8-20 / Your IBU: 19
SRM 0
40
SRM: 2.5-5 / Your SRM: 3.6
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4.2-5.6 / Your ABV: 4.8
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.15-0.48 / Your BG:GU: 0.45

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