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Colorado Cream

118 calories 10.9 g 250 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Cream Ale
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 24 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 26 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 11.7 °P (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (ending kettle)
Source: gozer
Calories: 118 calories (Per 250ml)
Carbs: 10.9 g (Per 250ml)
Created: Tuesday June 19th 2018
12.6 °P
2.6 °P
5.4%
15.0
4.8
5.7
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 kg Proximity - Pale Malt5 kg Pale Malt 37.5 2 89.3%
600 g Proximity - Munich Malt600 g Munich Malt 37.3 10 10.7%
5.60 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
8 g Magnum8 g Magnum Hops Pellet 10.5 First Wort 0 min 7.7 14.3%
48 g Cascade/Sterling48 g Cascade/Sterling Hops Pellet 7 Boil 5 min 7.27 85.7%
56 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 106 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
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Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 16.8
Mash volume with grains 20.5
Grain absorption losses -5.6
Remaining sparge water volume 15.7
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 27.1 L) 26
Boil off losses -2.9
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 22.9 L) 24
Estimated amount in fermentor 24
Total: 32.5  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

I have another recipe based on New Glarus's Spotted Cow (in the clones folder), but I'm doing this one first because it's simpler and doesn't have any adjuncts which I don't think add anything anyway.

I typically don't like cream ale. It's a style that's trying to be an American lager with ale yeast. i'm making this more of an American Helles while still fitting the cream ale style guidelines which are very loose so it works out.

Originally I made this with SafAle US-05 which is probably the most legit yeast for American Cream Ale, but next time I might try it with 34/70 or K97. In the end it was very lager-like and clean.

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