Amarillo Single Malt Pale Ale - Page 3

**RichBrewer** · 06-02-2008, 04:11 AM

I ended up with 5 1/2 gallons at 1.055. I used a bazooka tube for the first time and it caused a lot of waste in the kettle. I need to figure out how to put a dip tube into it or something. All in all a nice brew day!

Benny Blanco · 06-02-2008, 06:59 PM

Funny that I read this today since I just ordered all the ingredients for a variation of Dude's Lake Walk brew using less crystal 60 & MO instead of 2-row with simcoe and amarillo hops.

I was hoping the MO base along with some toasted MO will make for an interesting brew.

**Short Drive** · 06-02-2008, 07:27 PM

I made this with 9 lbs Marris Otter 1 lb of Cara-pils and the same hop schedule. It was tasty but it would have been better if I would have dry hopped.

I called mine Amarillo Beach.

**RichBrewer** · 06-04-2008, 04:56 AM

On a side note;
My current living arangements have me sleeping in the basement. It is really cool because my bed is right next to my fermenter. I get to hear the glub glub of fermentation all night! I smells wonderful too!

**RichBrewer** · 06-15-2008, 04:32 PM

It just got racked to secondary and the hops definitely dominate at this point. I'm looking forward to the first glass of finished beer! I dry hopped with 1 ounce of Amarillo.

**RichBrewer** · 07-10-2008, 03:38 AM

I just kegged it and had a small taste.
I think this is going to be a fantastic beer. The hop aroma coming out while I racked it into the keg was fantastic. I had a small taste of it and it is a very clean nice tasting beer. I'll post when it is conditioned and ready to drink. I force carbonated it at 35 psi while rocking it for about 5 minutes.

**Chriso** · 07-10-2008, 01:32 PM

Yep, I kegged mine on Saturday, right at 31psi. Need to bring the keg back up from the basement, and hit it with a bit more CO2 to make sure it's keeping at 31. I didn't steal a taste though. The fermenter SMELLED great though!!!!!!

I'll probably hit it back to 31psi, let it sit 2 more days, and tap it Saturday when I brew. Maybe I'll vent the pressure and put it in the fridge Friday night, so it gets nice and chilly.

After the results of my Hersbrucker SMaSH, I'm super excited for this one!

The Drizzle · 07-10-2008, 03:07 PM

Funny I never saw this thread, I made a beer almost exactly the same. I decided to toss in a bit of flaked barley and a touch of 20L. It's cold crashing right now, to be kegged soon.

**Chriso** · 07-12-2008, 10:41 PM

Holy Crap!!!!

Yeah. It's good. It's real good. I pulled a half-pint then came in here to type. Well, it took a minute to find the email to get to this post... I'm on my second full pint now. It's THAT good.

+1 to Golden Promise. I had never used it before. Honestly, it's delicious. Complements the pineapply Amarillo goodness oh-so-well.

Still undercarb'ed.. I turned the other kegs off and cranked the regulator up to 16psi now that it's nice and cold in the keg fridge. But even vaguely flat, gosh darn this is a keeper.

It's weird though. I keep swearing I taste chocolate malt in it. Nothing but Golden Promise, and 2# of pale 2-row to get my gravity where I wanted it.