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Ok guys I have a request to make a beer for consumption in about a month. Looking for a lighter ale that is going to be kind of an ice breaker for a group of non hombrewers.

HEF or English Bitter
BUB

I'm with Bub on the Bitter or perhaps a 60/- or Blond Ale. I'm getting ready to brew a Summer Bitter (http://thebrewingnetwork.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4242) myself.

David

My favorite of this type is my rye cream ale.

Ken's Rye Cream II

A ProMash Recipe Report

Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.50
Anticipated OG: 1.050 Plato: 12.32
Anticipated SRM: 4.0
Anticipated IBU: 38.6
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Formulas Used
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additional Utilization Used For First Wort Hops: -20 %


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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38.1 4.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
38.1 4.00 lbs. Pilsener Germany 1.038 2
9.5 1.00 lbs. Flaked Corn (Maize) America 1.040 1
4.8 0.50 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
9.5 1.00 lbs. Rye Malt America 1.030 4

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.10 oz. Northern Brewer Whole 6.60 23.6 First WH
1.00 oz. Czech Saaz Whole 3.40 13.8 60 min.
0.50 oz. Czech Saaz Whole 3.40 1.2 5 min.

Yeast
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WYeast 1007 or 1056 or WLP 001

I have made this one at least half a dozen times. Always a hit.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

Thanks guys I was rolling all three around as possible canidates. The rye cream ale might just be the one I am looking for. I have heard you tlak about the rye cream ale just never seen the recipe. well off to build the order now.

Ok got a question on this being as this is a moderate gravity beer. Anybody see a problem with doubling the recipe. Doing it as a concentrated boil and then spliting the wort and toping up to five gallons for a total of ten?