Pennsylvania Steamship
American Amber Ale • Extract • 5 gal
This is in the bottles now, should be ready to try in a couple of weeks. Looks and smells great.
July 10, 2010 pm 04:09pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .10 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 10°L
Crystal Malt 10°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .66 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 7 lbs
Amber Liquid; Alexanders
Amber Liquid; Alexanders
Amber is used predominantly in the production of medium-colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters.
- 1 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- .5 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- .5 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
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White Labs WLP060 American Ale Yeast Blend
White Labs WLP060 American Ale Yeast Blend
Our most popular yeast strain is WLP001, California Ale Yeast. This blend celebrates the strengths of California- clean, neutral fermentation, versatile usage, and adds two other strains that belong to the same 'clean/neutral' flavor category. The additional strains create complexity to the finished beer. This blend tastes more lager like than WLP001. Hop flavors and bitterness are accentuated, but not to the extreme of California. Slight sulfur will be produced during fermentation.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: B - American Amber Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.053 | 1.045 - 1.060 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.015 | |
| Color: | 16.4 SRM | 10 - 17 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.4% ABV | 4.5% - 6% | |
| Bitterness: | 31.1 IBU | 25 - 40 |
Discussion
Needs a bit ot tweaking
2010-08-05 9:18am
Color looks perfect, well carbed, nice head, but there is a bit of a grainy aftertaste. Not sure if adding hops would fix it or not. Also could stand to be a touch sweeter. Maybe add some honey? So close, but just not quite there.
Almost
2010-08-05 9:28am
Could be great with a bit of tweaking. Grain bill adjustments and adding honey sound like a great idea.
