2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale

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2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale

Post by wader98 » Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:31 am

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

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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale

Post by PMackie » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:23 pm

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

Post by Buccaneer » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:28 pm

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

Post by KB1138 » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:50 pm

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

Post by NovaJeff » Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:56 am

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

Post by RubberToe » Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:48 am

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

Post by mumblecrunch » Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:45 pm

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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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale

Post by wader98 » Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:41 pm

RubberToe wrote:
Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:48 am
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!
Shit sorry bout that. Didn’t even realize I had a twist bottle in the bunch.

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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale

Post by jmacdonald » Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:18 am

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

Post by mdentremont » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:51 pm

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!!

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Re: 2020 Advent Calendar Dec 12 - Coffee and Vanilla Cream Ale

Post by darciandjenn » Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:58 am

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

Post by GCR » Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:33 pm

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!Image

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