2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
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2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Cream Ale with Coffee and Vanilla — 4.5
All Grain
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.009
IBU (Tinseth): 20
Mash
Temperature — 154 °F — 60 min
Mash Out — 167 °F — 10 min
Malts (7 lb 9.7 oz)
5 lb 6.1 oz (67%) — Malt 2-Row — Grain — 1.8 SRM
1 lb 12.6 oz (22.3%) — Corn Yellow, Flaked — Grain — 1.3 SRM
7.1 oz (5.5%) — Rice, Flaked — Grain — 1 SRM
Other (6.7 oz)
6.7 oz (5.2%) — Rice Hulls — Adjunct — 0 SRM
Hops (0.9 oz)
0.5 oz (12 IBU) — Mount Hood 6% — Boil — 60 min
0.4 oz (8 IBU) — Willamette 5% — Boil — 60 min
Miscs
200 g — Ground Coffee (Lavazza Crema e Aroma) — Flameout
3 items — Vanilla Bean (cut and scraped added to vodka for 3 days) — Secondary
Yeast
1 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American 81%
Fermentation
Primary — 65 °F — 14 days
Secondary — 68 °F — 3 days
Water Profile
Ca2+
20
Mg2+
0
Na+
12
Cl-
16
SO42-
31
HCO3-
17
All Grain
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.009
IBU (Tinseth): 20
Mash
Temperature — 154 °F — 60 min
Mash Out — 167 °F — 10 min
Malts (7 lb 9.7 oz)
5 lb 6.1 oz (67%) — Malt 2-Row — Grain — 1.8 SRM
1 lb 12.6 oz (22.3%) — Corn Yellow, Flaked — Grain — 1.3 SRM
7.1 oz (5.5%) — Rice, Flaked — Grain — 1 SRM
Other (6.7 oz)
6.7 oz (5.2%) — Rice Hulls — Adjunct — 0 SRM
Hops (0.9 oz)
0.5 oz (12 IBU) — Mount Hood 6% — Boil — 60 min
0.4 oz (8 IBU) — Willamette 5% — Boil — 60 min
Miscs
200 g — Ground Coffee (Lavazza Crema e Aroma) — Flameout
3 items — Vanilla Bean (cut and scraped added to vodka for 3 days) — Secondary
Yeast
1 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American 81%
Fermentation
Primary — 65 °F — 14 days
Secondary — 68 °F — 3 days
Water Profile
Ca2+
20
Mg2+
0
Na+
12
Cl-
16
SO42-
31
HCO3-
17
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Super enjoyable. Crushed this easily. Could drink a few more to be honest. Great job, might steal the recipe and try myself.
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Found this to be very interesting. Reminds me of some sort of tasty square. Or an iced capp. Thanks!
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
This was lovely. At first smell I though I had another smoked beer and was disappointed. After the first taste I was incredibly happy I was wrong. The coffee was roasty and chocolatey. Smooth, creamy body, crisp finish. Thanks for sharing
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Really enjoyed this one as well. Not one to reach for a cream ale often but this made it so much better! Fantastic balance
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
This tasted pretty good and seemed well made. Unfortunately mine was pretty flat... the cap came off too easy so I suspect it was due to the twist off bottle. Been there!
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
This is a fine example of my palate lying to me. I didn’t look at the thread before opening this one and my brain said “chocolate and cherry” when the reality is “coffee and vanilla”. Even now that I know the truth, I still get a fruity, cocoa-y impression from it.
Not a beer I would ever even consider making, so it was fun from that perspective too. Thanks for sharing.
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Not a beer I would ever even consider making, so it was fun from that perspective too. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Had this yesterday. I was getting coffee crisp chocolate bar from the nose. What a great dessert beer this would make after a meal.
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Easily the best cream ale I've ever had. I'm not a.. well saying vanilla would be confusing here.. plain cream ale fan on most days, but the vanilla and coffee additions really make it sing.
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for sharing!!
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
Really enjoyed this one! Haven't had a cream ale I enjoyed so thoroughly in a long time! Thanks
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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale
I thought I was probably not going to enjoy this one, but I was, fortunately, mistaken.
It was great - really well balanced and compatible flavours, a great mouthfeel, and no carb issues for me at all.
The comments about twist off caps and carb issues are always interesting to me... I have used twist off caps for the vast majority of my brews (my wife drinks Propeller IPA most of the time), and I have never had any issues with carbonation - I think I must have the best capper there is. You really need to come onto 'er to get it to seal, but I can actually twist my homebrew caps off most of the time and carb is perfect...
Anyways, I digress. Thanks for the great beer!
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It was great - really well balanced and compatible flavours, a great mouthfeel, and no carb issues for me at all.
The comments about twist off caps and carb issues are always interesting to me... I have used twist off caps for the vast majority of my brews (my wife drinks Propeller IPA most of the time), and I have never had any issues with carbonation - I think I must have the best capper there is. You really need to come onto 'er to get it to seal, but I can actually twist my homebrew caps off most of the time and carb is perfect...
Anyways, I digress. Thanks for the great beer!
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