May 28, 2020 / by Darryl
Canadian Homebrew Day 2020
Title: Canadian Homebrew Day 2020
Subtitle: The Great Canadian Lawnmower Beer
Date: Sunday June 7th, 2020
Location: TBD - streaming/viewing details will be updated here
Time: 11AM
Topic: Virtual Brew Day
The Yeast Wranglers invite you to celebrate Canadian Homebrew Day by joining us for a “Virtual Brew Day” on Sunday June 7th at 11:00 AM. (For more information on Canadian Homebrew Day, visit the Canadian Homebrewers Association website at https://canadahomebrews.ca/canadian-homebrew-day.)
The “official” beer style will be a Cream Ale, but feel free to brew your own favourite lawnmower beer (or any style for that matter).
Cream Ale Recipe
"Cream ale is a crisp, clean, dry beer, like an American standard lager with a little too much malt presence." Jamil Zainasheff
Ingredients
- 9 lbs - base malt
- 1 lbs - flaked corn
- 0.75 lbs - sugar
- 1.5 oz - Low AA hop @ 4% (1 oz @ 60 min, 0.5 oz at flameout) (OR less amount of smooth bittering high AA hop)
Directions
- Mash at 149 F for 90 min.
- Boil for 90 min (to reduce DMS)
- Any neutral ale or lager yeast, fermented at cool but not cold temperatures. (15-18 deg C)
Specs
- Batch Size: 5.5 gal
- OG 1.050
- FG: 1.009
- ABV: 5.5%
- IBU: 18
- Color: 3 SRM
If you would like to participate by streaming your brew day, please send an email to malcolm@canadahomebrews.ca. The first 5 Yeast Wranglers to sign-up will get some free base malt for their Cream Ale.