Denny's Yeast in a Cream Ale?

Ingredients
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This year’s annual Black Friday Brew is going to be a Cream Ale fermented with Denny’s Favorite 50 yeast left over from a brown ale I did 6 weeks ago. I’m not looking to stay within all the guidelines, but I thought it’d be interesting.

What should I expect?

Black Friday 2009 - Cream Ale

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics

Batch Size (Gal):        3.00    Wort Size (Gal):    3.00
Total Grain (Lbs):        5.00
Anticipated OG:          1.045    Plato:            11.26
Anticipated SRM:          5.5
Anticipated IBU:          41.6
Brewhouse Efficiency:      75 %
Wort Boil Time:            60    Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar

%    Amount    Name                          Origin        Potential SRM

80.0    4.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row)              America        1.036      2
10.0    0.50 lbs. Victory Malt                  America        1.034    25
10.0    0.50 lbs. Flaked Corn (Maize)          America        1.040      1

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops

Amount    Name                              Form    Alpha  IBU  Boil Time

0.50 oz.    Centennial                        Whole  10.50  34.7  60 min.
  0.50 oz.    Centennial                        Whole  10.50  6.9  5 min.

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If it was me, I’d bump up the corn another 1/2 lb.  The 1450 will make a great cream ale, but it may have more mouthfeel than a cream ale typically does.

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That was my first thought I had ;D

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That’s the beauty of Black Friday Brew Day! Make something just tad bit unconventional. I’m not going to go crazy and add smoked malt to a pilsner or dry hop scottish, but I thought what the hell. I had a cake and I thought I’d give it a go.

BTW, krauzen has almost completely fallen and I plan on bottling this and a soured cherry-infused blonde in a couple weeks. Gotta get this stuff all in before the baby comes!