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Beer Style: Cream Ale
(6A)
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 US gallons
Description:
A refreshing easy drinking ale that's light in color but not in taste. Two pounds of honey per batch makes this ale crisp and fresh with just a touch of sweetness. It's a bullseye for your taste buds!
Bitterness: 12.0 IBUs
Color: 2.9
Est Alcohol: 4.1%
Ingredients:
- 5.5 lbs American 2 Row
- 8 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 2 lbs Honey 20 min
- .5 oz Fuggles Hops (5.2% AAU) 60 min
- 1.25 oz Fuggles Hops (5.2% AAU) 2 min
- Wyeast - American Ale #1056 or White Labs California Ale
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 14 days @ 60-72 degreesSecondary Ferment: N/A
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.041
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol by Vol: 4.06%
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons
Procedure:
Mash Schedule - Single Infusion / Batch Sparge
Heat 2.25 gal water @ 162.5F to obtain a mash temp of 152.0F. Mash for one hour and drain. Heat 5.75 gal of water at 171.0F to get a sparge water temp of 165.2F. Mash for 15 min and drain...will yield approx. 7 gal of wort to boil. Heat to boiling. Add 1st hop addition at boiling. At T20, add honey. At T15 I add Irish moss to help with protein break/clarify the beer. At T2 add the final hop addition. Cool and pitch yeast. If you want more of a honey profile, add honey after the boil.
Source: Rod Nichols
