Ag cream ale recipe help

[salb29]

Found this cream ale recipe on beersmith, any thoughts? Critiques? Suggestions? Second all grain batch and wanted another simple delicious 5 gallon batch, I scaled this down to 5.5 with beersmith was a 6 gallon


Batch Size: 5.5gal Style: Cream Ale ( 6A)
Boil Size: 7.50gal Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 3.1SRM Equipment: Keg/10 gal cooler
Bitterness: 18 IBUs Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.047 (11.6° P) Mash profile: single infusion batch sparge
Est FG: 1.009SG (2.1° P) Fermentation: Ale, single Stage
ABV: 5.%. Taste Rating: 30.0
Ingredients

7lbs 12.2ozPale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM
2lbs 12.2 oz Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM)
.76oz Saaz [3.0%] - First Wort
.76oz Saaz [3.0%] - Boil 30 min
1 pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)

Mash at 150degrees for 60 minutes

Efficiency showing 62.3 so that's low...

Thanks for the help

 

[dpatrickv]

Personally, I would use 6 row instead of 2-row and I would mash at 148...

But thats just my opinion.

 

[salb29]

Personally, I would use 6 row instead of 2-row and I would mash at 148...

But thats just my opinion.

Why 6 row?

 

[dpatrickv]

The main advantage of 6-row is its higher diastatic power in recipes that use a high percentage of adjuncts.

It's better at breaking down adjuncts such as corn and rice. It is also drier/less malty than 2 row.

As I said, it's just my opinion and experience when it comes to cream ales.

 

[sptaylor70]

With that ratio of two-row to corn, you should be fine (Biermuencher's Cream of Three Crops uses two-row). If you're striving for an historically authentic cream ale, then you should use six-row malt.

 

[salb29]

Updated recipe going by bier munchers but I cut it in half...let me know

5.5 lbs of 2 row us
3lbs of flaked corn
1lb of flaked rice
.50 oz willamette--60min
.50oz crystal--60 min
Safale us 05 one packet
Whirfloc

Mash at 150 for 90 min--two step batch sparge

Boil 90 min

Og 1.047
Fg 1.009

Any problems with this?

 

[msa8967]

Updated recipe going by bier munchers but I cut it in half...let me know

5.5 lbs of 2 row us
3lbs of flaked corn
1lb of flaked rice
.50 oz willamette--60min
.50oz crystal--60 min
Safale us 05 one packet
Whirfloc

Mash at 150 for 90 min--two step batch sparge

Boil 90 min

Og 1.047
Fg 1.009

Any problems with this?

No problems with your recipe but for my taste the amount of corn is still a bit high. I usually use 2 lbs of corn and 1 lb of flaked rice with some 6 row and 2 row for the base malts for cream ales.

If you are opening new 1 oz packets of Willamette and Crystal hops then I would recommend adding the remaining 1/2 oz of each at flame out or 1-2 minutes left in the boil. I do this with my corn based cream ale recipe for 5 gallons and it turns out great.

 

[salb29]

No problems with your recipe but for my taste the amount of corn is still a bit high. I usually use 2 lbs of corn and 1 lb of flaked rice with some 6 row and 2 row for the base malts for cream ales.

If you are opening new 1 oz packets of Willamette and Crystal hops then I would recommend adding the remaining 1/2 oz of each at flame out or 1-2 minutes left in the boil. I do this with my corn based cream ale recipe for 5 gallons and it turns out great.

Do u use equal amounts of the 6 row and 2 row?

 

[msa8967]

This is what I use for BM's Cream of the Crops Cream Ale. It is very popular with my BMC drinking friends especially since I add in the rest of the hops at the end to give a small bit of aroma addition. 5 Gallon Recipe. I have probably brewed this 10 times and I am drinking this right now.

4 lbs of 2 row us
2 lbs of 6 row
2 lbs of flaked corn
1lb of flaked rice
4-8 oz of either carapils or crystal 10L (this is optional)
.50 oz willamette--60min
.50oz crystal--60 min
0.50 oz Willamette - 2 min
0.50 oz Crystal - 2 min
Safale us 05 one packet

 

[salb29]

This is what I use for BM's Cream of the Crops Cream Ale. It is very popular with my BMC drinking friends especially since I add in the rest of the hops at the end to give a small bit of aroma addition. 5 Gallon Recipe. I have probably brewed this 10 times and I am drinking this right now.

4 lbs of 2 row us
2 lbs of 6 row
2 lbs of flaked corn
1lb of flaked rice
4-8 oz of either carapils or crystal 10L (this is optional)
.50 oz willamette--60min
.50oz crystal--60 min
0.50 oz Willamette - 2 min
0.50 oz Crystal - 2 min
Safale us 05 one packet

Awesome thanks

 

[msa8967]

Forgot to mention that I let this ferment for about 3 weeks and then do a cold crash for 24-48 hours prior to bottling/kegging. Very clean tasting beer w/o sacrificing taste.