Thinking about brewing this one. I am a little confused when it come to the yeast/fermentation. Wyeast calls for 48*-58*, yet Scotrat’s recipe says primary at 62* then another week at 58*. Does this seem correct? Shouldnt I be using an ALE yeast for a cream ale?
Cream ale can be brewed with either ale or lager yeast. Having brewed this recipe, as well as a lot of Skotrat’s other recipes, my advice is to do it exactly as he writes it.
Good advice as always from Denny.
Personally, I think that’s usually the best path to take with any recipe (beer, food, or whatever) when you’re trying it out for the first time. After a test drive you can always modify it to personal taste in subsequent batches (or decide that you don’t need to modify it).
This is awesome. I remember watching my uncle and father down good ole Genesee. I will be brewing this in the summer for the sailing trip we’re all going to be on together.
I have brewed a few cream ales and I find that lager yeast tends to end the beer with a cleaner taste (for the obvious reasons).
Ale yeast works and in the end I think the taste is very similar. The issue I have had with ale yeast in cream ales is that it wasn’t ready as quickly. Everything fermented and ready for bottling but there was a smell (my notes are not as complete I would like from these beers but I remember corn). After a month of resting it was all gone and tasted great.
If I am going to have the possibility of waiting an extra month I might as well set myself up for it. I haven’t used a blend or WLP080 like dzlater suggested.
This recipe looks really nice; I’ll have to try it this spring.
I know it’s best to do this as written but I don’t have the ingredients and I don’t have the time to get them before I’m back to work. Bad planning but it’s also the way it is. I kegged 5 gals of lager made with this yeast and was gonna try something since I had such a good pitch of yeast.
So, 2 questions. Can I sub in 2 lbs of corn meal and do a cereal mash? What hops would you suggest instead of Liberty? I have Czech Saaz and Hallertau, a bunch of American type and some Northern Brewer.
Thanks
My father in law just asked us to brew a beer for him and his buddies. His preferred brand is Natural Light (good grief) so I thought I’d try a cream ale. I think I’ll go with this.
To follow up, I used the 2035 American Lager with a healthy starter and it turned out great. I brewed this for someone doing an open house for their business, it was a HUGE success. I nowhave folks wanting me to brew for them now. I had similar results as the post above describes but was under the gun to get it done. I still have some i am keeping cold and see how it is after lagering a month.
This recipe is a definite keeper and will do it again soon. Thanks to all who helped me on this.
Thanks for this recipe skot, can’t wait to try it, Genesee was my grandpa’s fave beer.
