Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: S-05
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.010
IBU: 39.5
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 16.7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 30 days
Tasting Notes: "I wish Ninkasi's Believer tasted like this."

10.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 78.43 %
1.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 7.84 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
0.25 lb Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 1.96 %
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 15.1 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (20 min) Hops 9.3 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [8.60 %] (10 min) Hops 9.5 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [8.60 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (0 min) Hops -


Est Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.054 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.80 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.74 %
Bitterness: 39.5 IBU Calories: 239 cal/pint
Est Color: 16.7 SRM

75 minute mash at 150. Double batch sparge.
Fermented at in the low 60's

Had horrible efficiency with this batch, but it turned out very well. I tweaked my house amber recipe to meet BJCP guidelines, and it paid off. Took 3rd place in the American Ale category at the Central Oregon Homebrewers Organization's Spring Fling.

After reading tasting notes, I'll be changing the mash to 154 for 60 mins to increase the body.

Favorite comment on the scoresheets was, "I wish Ninkasi's Believer tasted like this. Taste is huge but body and teaxture leave me wanting more."