Buffalohead Amber
American Amber Ale • Extract • 5 gal
A powerful amber ale with Belgian candi sugar and maple syrup adjuncts and mildly spicy hops. Not brewed as of yet...
January 18, 2007 pm 01:16pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 0.125 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 0.625 lbs
American Caramel 40°L
American Caramel 40°L
Provides color, a unique flavor, body, and contributes to foam retention and beer stability.
- 0.375 lbs
German Light Munich
German Light Munich
For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer.
- 6.6 lbs
Pale Liquid; Alexanders
Pale Liquid; Alexanders
Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.
- 1.25 lbs
Candi Sugar Clear
Candi Sugar Clear
Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.
- 1 lbs
Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup
Imparts a dry, woodsy flavor if used in the boil. If beer is bottled with it, it gives it a smooth sweet, maple taste. Use in maple ales, pale ales, brown ales and porters.
- 1.25 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% whole; 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.
- 1 oz
Willamette - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 1 oz
Willamette - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 2 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
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Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™
Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale™
Slight residual diacetyl and fruitiness; great for stouts. Clean, smooth, soft and full-bodied.
Notes
A powerful Amber Ale, brewed to be enjoyed while tooling away in the garage on a quiet weekend. This brew is a mix of ingredients that have produced successful brews along with experimentation with pure maple syrup as an adjunct.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: B - American Amber Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.067 | 1.045 - 1.060 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.015 | |
| Color: | 16.0 SRM | 10 - 17 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.8% ABV | 4.5% - 6% | |
| Bitterness: | 39.3 IBU | 25 - 40 |
