🍺 Top-down Brew: Genesee Cream Ale Clone

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Variation for a steeped grain plus malt extract version:

Delete the six-row, corn, and Vienna lines.
For liquid malt extract: add s: Liquid light malt extract, 83, 5, 76
For dry malt extract: add s: Dry light malt extract, 83, 3.5, 96
Add dextrose sugar for light body: s: Dextrose (corn sugar), 10, 1, 80
Set the mash efficiency variable to 55% for steeping the crystal malt.

Either lager or ale yeasts are possibilities. For lagers, replace y: ale with y: lager.

Target volume

Enter the desired volume at the end of the boil. The volume units can be either liters, gallons, or US barrels.

Measurement Units

Select the preferred unit of measurement for the inputs and outputs. Metric uses liters, grams, and kilograms. US uses gallons, ounces, and pounds. US Barrels (31 gallons = 1 barrel) is in barrels, pounds, and ounces.

Mash Efficiency

Enter the anticipated mash efficiency percentage. If this is not known, try the following values based on the sparge method: Steeping (50%), No-sparge or brew-in-a-bag (65 to 75%), Batch sparge (80%), or Continuous (fly) sparge (85 to 90%).

Results

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Notes

Genesee cream ale is an iconic example of an American cream ale. This clone is based upon the "Genesee My Butt", an old 1990s homebrew recipe. This version was published in BYO magazine. Other variations of this recipe include Munich malt: Homebrewersassociation.org post, Austin Homebrew Supply.

The BYO version specifies California Lager yeast. However, cream ales can be brewed with neutral ale yeasts.

References

Abene, S. (2012, September). Cream ale recipe. Brew Your Own, 60.

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