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Cream Ale Posted under Beer on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 @ 11:00:52 PM
Show Previous Article Show Next Article today's brew was a brewer's best cream ale extract kit. starting off, here's the kit: ![]() sterilizing everything:
gear, ingredients and instructions laid out:
measuring water for the boil:
boiling water (my new propane burner works great):
my helper decided to pay me a visit:
boiling wort after the first hop addition:
end of the boil:
i can never quite tell what the damn hydrometer says (i need glasses). it looks to me like 1.048 or 1.049. target og is 1.049-1.053.
into the primary:
i love blog articles with lots of pictures. they're quick and easy!
update 3/12 @ 7 pm - the airlock is going like a sonovabitch now!
update 3/28 - kegged and chilled yesterday, abv came in right around 5.4% which is just right. force carbed today and just had my first glass. very impressed with this kit thus far. i was a bit worried it would be too much like american macro lagers but it's definitely not. it's got a great flavor and seems like a good session beer, which is just what i was hoping for. i think i'll be doing this kit again.
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