Creating the railroad empire across the west took considerable fortitude, commitment, and a strong back. Empire Builder Cream Ale is a nod to that incredible effort.


Creating the railroad empire across the west took considerable fortitude, commitment, and a strong back. Empire Builder Cream Ale is a nod to that incredible effort. This recipe boasts an original gravity of 1.074, certainly not for the weak of heart, and the sturdy malt backbone provides the basis on which this strength is founded. Speaking of commitment, Americans have brewed the Cream Ale style for a century or more, growing and adapting it right along with our railways. This scaled up version of the classic boasts clean malt flavors, a firm bitterness, and features traditional adjuncts to achieve its medium body. Pouring with a deep golden hue and capped with a dense brilliantly white foam cloud, Empire Builder Cream Ale forges west into the sunset, never looking back. Brewing Notes:

• Style: Imperial Cream Ale
• Fermentation Range: 60 - 73F
• OG: 1.074
• SRM: 5
• IBUs: 31
• ABV: 7.9%

Tasting Notes:

• Clean, grainy malt character
• Spicy, floral hop flavor
• Faint alcohol notes
• Medium-high body
• Moderately long, smooth finish