🍺 Top-down Brew: Genesee Cream Ale Clone

Recipe variables

Variations

Steeped grain plus malt extract:

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

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Results

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.