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Amarillo Mash-plosion

Amarillo Mash-plosion

American Pale Ale • All Grain • 6 gal

Herbaljoe

Standard APA hopped with a generous amount of Amarillo.

December 18, 2007 pm 04:07pm

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain, 6 gal)

  • 8 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 20°L

    Crystal Malt 20°L

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

  • .5 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 German Light Munich

    German Light Munich

    For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer.

  • .25 lbs White Wheat Malt

    White Wheat Malt

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • .75 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

  • .25 oz Chinook - 12.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Chinook

    Spicy, Medium to Heavy.Very strong bittering ability used in all American ales and lagers. Aroma is very floral.

  • .25 oz Amarillo® - 8.9 AA% pellets; boiled 60 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.

  • 2 oz Amarillo® - 9.9 AA% whole; boiled 15 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.

  • 1 oz Amarillo® - 8.9 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.

  • 2 oz Amarillo® - 8.9 AA% pellets; boiled 0 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.

  • 2 oz Glacier - 8.9 AA% pellets; added dry to primary fermenter

    Glacier

    An excellent new variety with balanced bittering properties combined with a good aroma profile.

  • 1 oz Amarillo Hops added to the mash. - (omitted from calculations)

    Amarillo Hops added to the mash.

  • 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

Mash at 150 for 1 hour. Boil 90 minutes. Ferment at 67. *Remember to add 1oz. Amarillo to the mash. Also, the final addition of Amarillo (.01 minutes) was done with a Hopback.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: A - American Pale Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.059 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.015
Color: 10.6 SRM 5 - 14
Alcohol: 6.0% ABV 4.5% - 6%
Bitterness: 62.3 IBU 30 - 45

Discussion

Herbaljoe

Brewed 12/16/07

2007-12-19 10:56am

Brewed it up this past Sunday. Added about 1/4 tsp of acid blend to the mash to adjust the pH since my water tends to run a little high. I've been doing this with my last few batches and it seems to be working out well. OG = 1.059 #34

Herbaljoe

Kegged 12/21/07

2007-12-25 1:23pm

Kegged and tasted it and it turned out great. Very nice malt character with a little bready/biscuity character but then smooths out and finishes very clean. As I hoped, it turned out less grainy than when I used Maris Otter in this recipe. The Amarillo hops worked out wonderfully. Very nice pronounced citrus aroma and flavor but not overpowering at all. This is very much a nice robust pale ale but not hoppy or bitter or big enough to be considered an IPA. I also added 2 oz. of Amarillo pellets to the keg and plan to let them stay there for at least a week (assuming I can manage to fish the hop sack out of the keg at some point).

Herbaljoe

Update 1/8/08

2008-01-08 11:23pm

This beer turned out awesome and I enjoy it very much. I highly recommend the recipe to anyone who likes full flavored & hoppy pale ales. However, I would recommend against dry hopping it. I liked the flavor better before I added the 2 oz. of dry Amarillo to the keg. It just seems to have made the hop aroma a bit muddy and thick, rather than the light refreshing aroma it had before.

Herbaljoe

Update 2/5/08

2008-02-05 12:03pm

Just an update to say that the dry hop character has decreased which has brought the beer back into balance. It has really cleared up nicely too and without any filtering or post-fermentation fining agents is almost brilliantly clear. The hop character is still very bold and it does have a bit more alcohol than a pale ale probably should. I guess this beer really walks the line between a pale ale and an IPA - especially with the high IBU rating. However, even with an IBU of 62, it is not overly bitter. I feel it is balanced quite nicely. I am inclined to call this an Imperial Pale Ale, while still being short of an actual India Pale Ale. My next brewing of this will probably be toned down a little - no dry hops, no Chinook, and less base malt.

Herbaljoe

A hit at the club

2008-03-05 6:54pm

I brought this to my homebrew club meeting last night and it was a real hit. Everyone was especially impressed by the hop aroma which I agree is quite enjoyable. I'm now very glad I dry hopped this batch as it has mellowed out nicely and it really added more complexity to the aroma. One of the club members described this aroma as being mango-like and I realized he was exactly right. This character had been eluding me all this time and I now realize it was the character I had been unable to describe until now. This realization made me fall in love with this beer all over again, as mangos have been a favorite fruit of mine for years. I have to revise my previous statement and I would now say that I'd brew this beer exactly the same a second time.

Herbaljoe

Brewed Again

2008-05-05 5:30pm

Brewed it again on 4/11/08. Made a couple changes: Omitted the cane sugar. American 2-row = 10.5lbs. Mashed at 149F for 90 minutes. Boiled 60 minutes. Fermented at 66F for 2 days, then 68F for 5 days, then 72F for 1 day. Crashed to 50F and kegged. It turned out excellent. Great amarillo aroma and flavor with a delicate grainy/malty backbone. Finishes very dry which is what I was hoping for. Has a light bitterness to balance the alcohol. I still haven't dry hopped it because I'm enjoying it so much right now. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to add them... OG = 1.056 FG = 1.010 ADF = 82.1% ABV = 6.03% Eff. = 87.7% #59

Herbaljoe

Competition results

2008-05-31 2:03pm

This beer took 2nd place in the American Ale category at the New Mexico Enchanted Brewing Challenge sponsored by the Albuquerque Dukes of Ale. It's overall score was 38. Typical judge comments were: "Rich grapefruit, mango, & malt sweetness in the aroma..." "Clear golden color with an offwhite lasting head..." "Flavors of grapefruit, citrus, firm bitterness, balanced with malty backbone & dry finish..." "Dry, crisp, clean, medium body with moderate carbonation and some finishing astringency..." "Overall a solid example of the style. Refreshing and drinkable pale ale; not too much crystal malt. Could be improved by more (dry) hop aroma and perhaps some toasty malt flavor." I would have to say the judges perceived this beer exactly the way I do. It's interesting that they asked for more dry hops because I held back on the dry hops on this batch but normally would have added them. I'm also considering upping the Victory malt to .75lbs.

michiganbrewer

Michigan state fair

2008-08-31 8:37am

Joe I brewed ths recipie and won a blue ribbon in the IPA catagory in the state fair for 2008

Herbaljoe

Nice!

2008-08-31 12:59pm

Very cool. Congrats!

outofmywaynerds

excellent

2012-05-12 9:38pm

I tried this recipe, made little mistake and little change, but result was very interesting clearly mango aroma and flavor, very sweet. Congratulations

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