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Joyful Amber

Joyful Amber

American Amber Ale • Extract • 5 gal

Sheepdog

My first recipe, and a standard. I try to always keep this around. I like the hops to be present in the nose but not take you down when you take a swig. So I dry hop for only 4-5 days. Seems to be darn near perfect mix of biscuit malt and hop flavors. It's named after my wife who gave me my first homebrewing equipment for Christmas.

July 21, 2008 pm 07:40pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1.5 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • 0.5 lbs American Victory

    American Victory

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

  • 7 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • .5 oz Centennial - 10.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Centennial

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

  • 1 oz Mt. Hood - 5.0 AA% whole; 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.

  • 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

  • .5 oz Willamette - 5.0 AA% whole; added dry to secondary fermenter

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    White Labs WLP005 British Ale

    This yeast is a little more attenuative than WLP002. Like most English strains, this yeast produces malty beers. Excellent for all English style ales including bitter, pale ale, porter, and brown ale.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 10 - American Ale

Subcategory: B - American Amber Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.058 1.045 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.015
Color: 15.6 SRM 10 - 17
Alcohol: 5.9% ABV 4.5% - 6%
Bitterness: 33.0 IBU 25 - 40

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