Little Colonel Cream Ale
Little Colonel is the beer for the lazy, sweltering days of summer when grabbing an inner tube for the river is about all you can do. Sit back on the porch and enjoy a cold one.
Style: American Lager
Brew Type: All Grain
For 5.5 gallons at 1.049, 3.0 SRM, 28.9IBUs, 4.9 percent ABV
60-minute boil
Directions
Follow the Multistep Brew Process.
TIP
This recipe uses flaked maize to avoid an American cereal mash process. If you want to go more traditional, replace the flaked maize with cornmeal and follow the steps listed for Dougweiser.
7.75 pounds Pale Malt Six-Row
25 pounds Flaked Corn (Maize)
4.75 pounds Pale Liquid Malt Extract (LME)
0.55 ounce Tettnanger Tettnang (4.5 percent AA) Whole for First Wort Hopping
0.55 ounce Cluster (7.0 percent AA) Whole for 60 minutes
0.85 ounce Tettnanger Tettnang (4.5 percent AA) Whole for 15 minutes
1 tablet Whirlfloc
1 tablespoon Yeast Nutrient
Wyeast 2035 American Lager/Wyeast 1056 (ferment cool)
Protein Rest 144°F 30 minutes
Saccharification Rest 158°F 30 minutes
Mash Out 170°F 10 minutes
