Ray Daniels and Amber Ale

BeehiveBrewer · 02-02-2009, 10:56 PM

I was flipping through my 'Designing Great Beers' book by Ray Daniels and thinking about making an amber ale.

I couldn't find any description of the style. This got me wondering if the 'Amber Ale' is a bastardized version of other beers and was created recently in America.

I see on bjcp.org that there are categories for 'light hybrid' and 'Amber Hybrid', but none of their links are working.

Any info on the style?

Whisler85 · 02-02-2009, 11:15 PM

"Amber Ale" is a sub-category of "American Ale", and covers what are called 'red ales' as well

From "Brewing Classic Styles"

1.045-1.060 OG
1.010-1.015 FG
25-40 IBUs
10-17 SRM
4.5-6.2 ABV

This is one category that is rarely adhered to- a lot of hoppy red ales that would most likely fall in this category have much higher OG and IBUs

BeehiveBrewer · 02-03-2009, 12:56 AM

Cool, thanks! I wonder why American Ales aren't covered by Daniels?

Now, does anyone have a great Amber recipe? I do partial mashes, but I can convert the recipe if the one you have is all grain.

**remilard** · 02-03-2009, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BeehiveBrewer

Cool, thanks! I wonder why American Ales aren't covered by Daniels?

Now, does anyone have a great Amber recipe? I do partial mashes, but I can convert the recipe if the one you have is all grain.

American ales are covered by Daniels alongside their English counterparts.

BeehiveBrewer · 02-03-2009, 01:23 AM

I've seen American Pale Ales covered next to their English counterparts, but I have yet to see a reference to an Amber or Red ale.

Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong spot.

Beerrific · 02-03-2009, 01:25 AM

I think it is a "newer" style. His book follows styles from guidelines that have since been replaced.

BJCP 2008 Style Guidelines - Category 10

BeehiveBrewer · 02-03-2009, 01:38 AM

Thanks Beerific. For some reason the BJCP site links didn't work, but yours did.