Late addition cream ale

[Elmer]

This time around I was aiming for a lawnmower beer with a citrus nose. I took a bunch of Mexican/summer lagers recipes and bastardized them.
This is my first attempt at nothing But late hops and whirlpool into.

All Grain

Yeast: US-05

Batch Size (Gallons): 5

Original Gravity: 1.050

Final Gravity: 1.014

IBU: 20

Ingredients:

5 # 2 Row

3 # Flaked Corn

1 # Flaked Barley

Mash at 152f for 60 minutes
Spa rage 170

60 minute Boil

1oz Cascade pellets 25 min

Whirlfloc15 min

1oz Centennial pellets 5 min

1oz of Citra pellets
chill wort to 170f then steep for 30 minutes

Carbonate to 2.6volumes


Un carbed, it is smooth with slight citrus/grapefruity flavor.
Lots of citru aroma!
Very crushable!

 

[Elmer]

So light, clear and drinkable.
Went down easy, too easy.
Has aroma and slight citrus flavor.
Defiantly my most "commercial" like beer

 

[Elmer]

dont not taste much like a cream ale.
More like a corona with more citrus flavor

 

[jswordy]

View attachment 36078dont not taste much like a cream ale.
More like a corona with more citrus flavor

In that case, I'll be right over! Looks delish!

 

[Elmer]

In that case, I'll be right over! Looks delish!

I think it is very light & crushable. Slight citra flavor & aroma.
Swmbo did not like the flavor, felt it was too hoppy (Ron Howard voice)- it wasn't!

Next going to try this with a lime wedge!

 

[AkTom]

Ha. I add lime to Carona, Coors and the like. I made a similar beer once, a lime ale. Friends thought it was great. I didn't like because if you have to add lime, it's not a very good beer. I psyched myself out. Haven't brewed that again.

 

[Elmer]

tried with a lime. Meh!
Tastes too much like a good brew with too much lime!
I think this recipe works on its own.
Next time I am going to up the late addition hops, maybe some mosaic