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Choad Spanker Amber Ale

Choad Spanker Amber Ale

American Amber Ale • All Grain • 6 gal

Herbaljoe

This is an all grain version of Jamil's Red Rocket clone. Big and hoppy west coast style amber ale.

October 15, 2007 pm 12:51pm

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Ingredients (All Grain, 6 gal)

  • 13 lbs Maris Otter Pale

    Maris Otter Pale

    An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • .5 lbs American Victory

    American Victory

    Provides a deep golden to brown color. Use in nut brown ales, IPAs and Scottish ales.

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 120°L

    Crystal Malt 120°L

    Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.

  • .19 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • .95 lbs Munich Malt

    Munich Malt

    Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles

  • 1.1 oz Marynka; Chmiel Polski s.a. - 12.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Marynka; Chmiel Polski s.a.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 0 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 0 min

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale™

    Wyeast 1056 American Ale™

    Used commercially for several classic American ales. This strain ferments dry, finishes soft, smooth and dean, and is very well balanced.

Notes

Step mashed at 125 for 30 minutes while recirculating wort. Added 1 gal boiling water + 1 gal boiling wort and stepped up to 152 for 60 minutes. Recirculated for the final 30 minutes. Drained into kettle and sparged with 5 gal 170 deg water split into two 2.5 gal batches. Recirculated each batch for 30 min. Boiled wort for 90 minutes. Added hops during final 60 minutes. Used hopback for addition of aroma hops. Allowed wort to cool in carboy overnight and pitched a 4 liter active starter in the morning. Actual gravity was 1.084 (oops). Fermenting at 67 deg.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: B - American Amber Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.068 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 - 1.015
Color: 18.5 SRM 10 - 17
Alcohol: 6.9% ABV 4.5% - 6%
Bitterness: 74.2 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

Herbaljoe

Brewed 10/12/07

2007-10-15 12:55pm

Brewed it up on Friday the 12th. Everything went great until the end when my kettle clogged with whole hops. After resolving that the hopback also clogged. (I won't ever use whole hops again without a hop sock...) Took a lot more time than normal, but I got it chilled and into the carboy. Ended up with WAY more efficiency than I anticipated, which I think was due to recirculating the wort with my new pump. Gravity was 1.084 which means my efficiency was about 88%. ("Imperial Amber" anyone?) Pitched it the following day with a double starter (fermented, poured off beer, added more starter wort). It's fermenting like crazy now and has already ejected my carboy cap once (which I am using as a blow off tube). #21

Herbaljoe

Bottled 10/26/07

2007-10-29 11:12am

Bottled and tasted. It's hard to tell what it is going to taste like. The flavor is somewhat unremarkable, with a noticeable alcohol flavor. Mouthfeel is rather thick and somewhat syrupy. I wasn't incredibly impressed, hopefully with some carbonation it turns out good. Gravity was 1.019.

Herbaljoe

Update

2008-01-25 10:10am

Forgot to update this one. Not much to say, this batch was contaminated with wild yeast, or something that made it turn out very sour and undrinkable. I hope to brew this again soon.

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