Recipes: Cream Ale

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Style Profile based on 1,643 recipes

OG

1.050

FG

1.011

IBU

18

ABV

5.2%

BU:GU

0.37

Hops

2.9 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 96% Base
  • 9% Toast
  • 7% Crystal
  • 4% Acid
  • 2% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 19% Cascade
  • 11% Samba
  • 9% Cluster
  • 9% Willamette
  • 6% Crystal
  • 6% Saaz (CZ)
  • 6% Liberty
  • 5% Magnum (GR)
  • 4% Centennial
  • 4% Hallertau Mittelfrüh

% of Cream Ale recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 28% Flaked Corn
  • 20% Corn, Flaked
  • 17% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 11% American - Pilsner
  • 9% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
  • 7% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
  • 6% American - Pale 2-Row
  • 6% US - Pale 2-Row
  • 6% Honey Malt
  • 5% Flaked Rice

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 30% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 8% American Ale Yeast Blend (WLP060) White Labs
  • 6% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
  • 5% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
  • 3% Kolsch Yeast (2565) Wyeast Labs
  • 3% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 2% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand
  • 1% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
  • 1% German Ale/Kolsch (WLP029) White Labs
  • 1% SafAle German Ale (K-97) Fermentis

% of Cream Ale recipes using each strain

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