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I’ve never had a single complaint about this beer being “too hoppy,” even from non-hop heads.Īs for yeast, we want a low level of fruity esters here, so never mind those who tell you to just use Wyeast 1056/WLP001. An ounce (28 g) at 60 minutes and an ounce at 10 minutes should land you near 20 IBUs, and while that might seem like a lot of late hopping in a beer that generally calls for “low hops aroma,” it’s a pretty mild aroma and one that will do a lot for any of your pale beers.
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Our bittering level is pretty modest here-just 20 IBUs-which, even with the low alpha-acid percentage in Crystal (usually about 4 percent), means we’ll still need only a bit. Crystal is an American triploid of Hallertau, Cascade, and Brewers Gold, which marries Old World, Old School, and new American hops into one lovely, woody, earthy, piney aroma hops. It will help ensure a bone-dry finish (though we’ll attack this from the process side, too), but adds no flavors to muck up our pretty Pilsner background.Īs for hops, I love Crystal here. The only other thing we’ll add to the beer in terms of fermentables is half a pound (227 g) of cane sugar. Other brewers will screw around with rice syrup, flaked corn, a pinch of this and a dash of that, but that’s really not necessary here (with all due respect to those who do it differently). Pilsner will impart a pleasant, mildly grainy and light honey-like flavor to the beer (and maybe even a touch of corn), which is absolutely perfect (so long as we dry it out-and we will). It isn’t often that a recipe calls for exactly what a single grain can provide (the only other example that jumps to mind is Doppelbock, which is often 100 percent Munich malt), but in this case, it does. In fact, this is effectively a SMaSH (Single Malt and Single Hop) beer. Regular readers might notice that this recipe takes a very similar approach to the construction of my Standard American Lager recipe, and with good reason: they share a lot of DNA as styles, and the basic strategy for each is the same: light, restrained, but still adding good flavor.īeginning with the grist, we start and end with 9 pounds (4.8 kg) of Pilsner malt.
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This beer should be refreshing, light, dry, and more flavorful than a typical dull American lager. I’ve tasted the results of people trying to make this beer creamy by adding things such as lactose to it, and it can safely be described as “highly unpleasant.” In fact, the best versions have an austere dryness to them that sets off nicely against a touch of classic American hops, or American-Noble hybrids, and a bit of berry ester. You won’t find strong flavors, and you definitely won’t find “cream” in it. Overall, this is in keeping with the reality that it’s a fairly restrained style. Strictly speaking, cream ale is a hybrid beer, in that it can be made with either ale or lager yeast since it allows for a bit of esterification. Think “good American lager, but not a lager” and you’ll be well on your way. With the blizzard of 2017 still on the ground outside as I write this, I think it’s time to start thinking of summer-so, cream ale it is.
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Genesee is at least one macro beer that a lot of beer geeks don’t mind drinking now and again, and while better versions are definitely out there (New Glarus Spotted Cow is probably the best lawnmower beer in the world), Genesee actually gets a lot of things right about the style and certainly helped to make and keep it popular. No, just kidding-but it does now seem kind of perfect. It was then that I fell in love with beer… One thing I definitely do remember (in addition to someone spilling hot tea on me at my second birthday party) is playing with a toy truck with “Genesee Cream Ale” written on the side. For reasons that I seriously hope are benign, I honestly don’t remember too much about my childhood.