
Reap What You Sow Amber
American Amber Ale • Extract • 5 gal
We planted the family garden the same weekend that I brewed this beer. Very clear with a slight hop note towards the finish. This is a very drinkable brew and has a wonderful amber color.
May 20, 2012 pm 01:56pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .75 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- .33 lbs
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .25 lbs
Crystal Malt 120°L
Crystal Malt 120°L
Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.
- 1 lbs
German Dark Munich
German Dark Munich
Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.
- 3.3 lbs
CBW® Golden Light Liquid (Malt Extract); Briess
CBW® Golden Light Liquid (Malt Extract); Briess
Malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Golden Light is a liquid, 100% pure malted barley extract made from 100% Briess malt and water. • CBW® Golden Light can be used in the production of all extract beer styles and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Save time. o Increase capacity/boost productivity. o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Boost gravity. o Adjust color. o Improve body and head retention. • Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is the only vertically integrated malting company in North America. That means we make our pure malt extracts from our own malt so you are assured of receiving only the fullest flavored, freshest, pure malt extracts for top brewhouse performance. Applications: • All styles of extract beer, and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers.
- 3.3 lbs
CBW® Sparkling Amber Liquid (Malt Extract); Briess
CBW® Sparkling Amber Liquid (Malt Extract); Briess
Sweet, malty, caramel flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Sparkling Amber is a liquid, 100% pure malted barley extract made from a blend of 100% Briess malts and water. • CBW® Sparkling Amber can be used in the production of all extract beer styles and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Save time. o Increase capacity/boost productivity. o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Boost gravity. o Adjust color. o Improve body and head retention. • Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is the only vertically integrated malting company in North America. That means we make our pure malt extracts from our own malt so you are assured of receiving only the fullest flavored, freshest, pure malt extracts for top brewhouse performance. • All styles of extract beer, and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers. • Use in the production of Pale Ales, Red and Amber Ales, Munich Style Beers, Bock and Oktoberfest Beers, Scottish Ales, and darker beers including Stouts and Porters.
- .5 oz
Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Centennial
Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.
- 1.5 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- .5 oz
Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 1 oz
Liberty - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Liberty
Used mainly for finishing German and American style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild and pleasant.
- 1 ea
Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - (omitted from calculations)
Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss)
Enhanced Irish Moss in convenient tablet form
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White Labs WLP041 Pacific Ale
White Labs WLP041 Pacific Ale
A popular ale yeast from the Pacific Northwest. The yeast will clear from the beer well, and leave a malty profile. More fruity than WLP002, English Ale Yeast. Good yeast for English style ales including milds, bitters, IPA, porters, and English style stouts.
Notes
Planted the family garden this weekend. Steep grains for 45 minutes at 158 degrees. Light extract at boil. Add Amber extract at 20 minutes. OG 1.044. 9 days in Primary 1.014. 4.0% Alcohol.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: B - American Amber Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.054 | 1.045 - 1.060 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 1.010 - 1.015 | ![]() |
Color: | 15.9 SRM | 10 - 17 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.2% ABV | 4.5% - 6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 39.4 IBU | 25 - 40 | ![]() |