
Hoppy Hoppy Joy Joy
American Amber Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
Brewed on 12/22. Racking to secondary on 12/28. Deep amber color and smells good. Forgot whirlfloc in boil.
December 27, 2013 pm 07:15pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 10 lbs
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess
Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.
- .75 lbs
Munich 10L Malt; Briess
Munich 10L Malt; Briess
Golden orange hue with a robust malty flavor.
- .25 lbs
Chocolate Malt; Breiss
Chocolate Malt; Breiss
Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 0.5 oz
Columbus - 16.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Columbus
Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.
- 0.50 oz
Columbus - 16.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Columbus
Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.
- 0.50 oz
Amarillo® - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Amarillo®
Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.
- .5 oz
Amarillo® - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Amarillo®
Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.
- .5 oz
Amarillo® - 8.5 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter
Amarillo®
Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.
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Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
The most famous ale yeast strain found across America, now available as a ready-to-pitch dry yeast. Produces well balanced beers with low diacetyl and a very clean, crisp end palate. Sedimentation: low to medium. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C± 3C(80F ±6F). Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C(68F). Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: B - American Amber Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.060 | 1.045 - 1.060 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 1.010 - 1.015 | ![]() |
Color: | 16.0 SRM | 10 - 17 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 6.1% ABV | 4.5% - 6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 51.4 IBU | 25 - 40 | ![]() |
Discussion
Racked today
2013-12-28 10:40am
Racked to secondary today and dry hopped with approx .75 oz of Amarillo pellets. Color was good, still cloudy, wished I had gotten that whirlfloc in but tastes good. Should settle during secondary then cold crashing.
Kegged and Carbonated
2014-01-08 7:57pm
I kegged this brew today. Force carbonated and it is pretty good. Cleared very nicely after cold crashing. The amarillo hops come through in the aroma. Not as malty as I thought it would be. OG was about 1.056 and FG was 1.012. Nice breer for first all grain experience.