Best Hops for Cream Ale
What are your favorite hops for brewing a cream ale? I’m looking for something light and simple to brew and have never made a cream ale before.
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Willamette or Centennial
Cluster and Hallertauer
EKG, fuggles, or sterling
Crystal and Mt. Hood are my favorites for a cream ale! Mt. Hood has an awesome lime/fruit aroma.
Liberty, but remember that hops aren’t the key feature of a cream ale.
I brewed one with cluster recently that turned out pretty good!
Google says any Noble hop, but only for bittering. I think there are no flavor or aroma additions for a cream ale.
Thanks everyone! I’m going to try Mt. Hood.
Good luck Jack! Let us know how it turns out!
I use Willamette and Crystal in my go to Cream Ale Recipe. I recently made a Cream Ale with Saaz that is Conditioning now.
I tapped my 1st Mini Keg of the Saaz Hops Honey Cream Ale I Brewed. It is really good.
Oooh a Honey Cream Ale with Saaz sounds good right about now!!! What did you use to make it a Honey Cream Ale? Honey malt?
I use Honey Malt and Honey during cooldown
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