Chloe’s cream aleFrom the BrewBlog

**Chloe’s cream ale**

**Specifics**

| \| **Style:** \| Cream Ale \| \|---\|---\| | |---| | \| **Brew Date:** \| December 27, 2007 \| | \| **Batch No:** \| 8 \| \|---\|---\|---\| \| **OG:** \| 1.049 \| \| **Reading 1:** \| 1.020 (8 days) \| \| **Status:** \| Secondary \| | |---|

**General Information**

| **Method:** | Partial Mash | |---|---| | **Cost:** | $45 | | Based loosely on the AHS cream ale and Cheesefood’s caramel cream ale. | |---|

**Recipe**

| **Extracts** | |---| | 3.00 pounds | DME – Extra Light | 60% of grist | | 1.00 pounds | DME – Light | 20% of grist | | 4.00 pounds | Total Extract Weight | 80% of grist | | **Grains** | | 1.00 pounds | Crystal Malt 60L | 20% of grist | | 1.00 pounds | Total Grain Weight | 20% of grist | | **Hops** | | 1.00 ounces | Cascade Pellets @ 60 minutes Type: Bittering and Aroma Use: Boil | | | 0.50 ounces | Williamette Pellets Type: Bittering Use: Boil | | | 0.50 ounces | Cluster Pellets Type: Aroma Use: Aroma | | | 2.00 ounces | Total Hop Weight | | | **Yeast** | | Danstar Nottingham brewers yeast — Dry — 11G |

**Mash**

| \| **Mash Type:** \| Infusion \| \|---\|---\| \| **Grain Amt.** \| 1 pounds \| \| \| \| \| \| \| | | |---|

**Water Profile**

| \| **Source:** \| Both spring water and champaign MWS \| \|---\|---\| | | |---| | \| **Notes:** \| 1 gallon of sams spring water and 4 gallons of C-U MWS \| | |---|

**Procedure**

| Poured 3 gallons of water in boil kettle on high heat. Added 1lb of Briess 60L crystal Malt Steeped for 45 min. Put 2 gallons of tap (CU MCWS) water into primary. @ 45 min in added 1oz cascade hops @ 40 min added 3lb Extra light DME @ 38 min added 1lb plain wheat @35 minutes added 8oz malto dextrin Lots of stirring @ 30 minutes added .5oz willamette hops pellets @ 29 min added 1.5 cups lactos reduced heat by 1/3 lots more stirring Smells pretty dared good so far @ 10 min added 1tblsp irish moss @ 5 min removed heat @ 5 min added .5oz culster hops pellets @ wort chill added 2 fl oz azteca pure vanilla extract Added wort to fermenting bucket @ 80 degrees F pitched yeast and stirred. OG 1.049 Gravity on 01/04/2007 1.020 Racked to Secondary on 01/04/2007 | |---|

**Fermentation**

| **Style:** | Cream Ale | |---|---| | **O.G.:** | 1.044 – 1.055 | | **F.G.:** | 1.006 – 1.012 | | **ABV:** | 3.8 – 5.5% | | **Bitterness:** | 15 – 20 IBUs | | **Color:** | 02 – 05 SRM | | **Info:** | |---| | A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American lawnmower beer. |