NyQuil_Driver
Well-Known Member
Hey Folks,
I've whipped up a first shot at a recipe. A friend of mine is having a graduation/birthday party in a few months, and her husband asked me to make a batch of beer for the shindig.
She's a big fan of Yuengling lager, but I'm still a bit of a noob, so I'm not nearly comfortable or well-equipped enough for lagering, so even a clone is out.
I thought a nice substitute would be an American Amber Ale that leaned toward the sweet side of things. Here's the recipe I put together as a first shot:
Extract:
5lbs Light LME
Partial Mash:
2lbs American Crystal 30L
1lb American 2 Row
Hops:
60 Min: .5oz Nugget
15 Min: .5oz Centennial
Yeast: Safale S-04. It did me great on my EPA. Any reason not to?
This will only be my second partial mash brew, and I'm using a bottling bucket as a makeshift mash and lauter tun, so I'm going to assume a 60% efficiency on the mash. That means I should be looking at an OG of about 1.048, and a Final of about 1.013.
The 30L Crystal should give it a nice light brown color and a bit of sweetness, due to the unfermentables (right?). The 2-Row is there to add a bit more character to the mostly-extract brew.
I'm using Nugget and Centennial mostly because that's what I've got growing outside right now, and I figure that if I love the recipe, I can use home-grown hops on the next batch.
So, my first question is: Anything glaringly wrong here? Am I about to whip up a lousy beer? The Hopville recipe calculator says I'm rocking an American Amber, though on the sweeter and less-bitter side of things.
Second question: Will a 60-minute, 150*F mash do me fine here? It's what I used for the stout I just did, and that's coming along nicely, but I'm not too experienced in the finer points of partial mash just yet.
Thanks guys!
I've whipped up a first shot at a recipe. A friend of mine is having a graduation/birthday party in a few months, and her husband asked me to make a batch of beer for the shindig.
She's a big fan of Yuengling lager, but I'm still a bit of a noob, so I'm not nearly comfortable or well-equipped enough for lagering, so even a clone is out.
I thought a nice substitute would be an American Amber Ale that leaned toward the sweet side of things. Here's the recipe I put together as a first shot:
Extract:
5lbs Light LME
Partial Mash:
2lbs American Crystal 30L
1lb American 2 Row
Hops:
60 Min: .5oz Nugget
15 Min: .5oz Centennial
Yeast: Safale S-04. It did me great on my EPA. Any reason not to?
This will only be my second partial mash brew, and I'm using a bottling bucket as a makeshift mash and lauter tun, so I'm going to assume a 60% efficiency on the mash. That means I should be looking at an OG of about 1.048, and a Final of about 1.013.
The 30L Crystal should give it a nice light brown color and a bit of sweetness, due to the unfermentables (right?). The 2-Row is there to add a bit more character to the mostly-extract brew.
I'm using Nugget and Centennial mostly because that's what I've got growing outside right now, and I figure that if I love the recipe, I can use home-grown hops on the next batch.
So, my first question is: Anything glaringly wrong here? Am I about to whip up a lousy beer? The Hopville recipe calculator says I'm rocking an American Amber, though on the sweeter and less-bitter side of things.
Second question: Will a 60-minute, 150*F mash do me fine here? It's what I used for the stout I just did, and that's coming along nicely, but I'm not too experienced in the finer points of partial mash just yet.
Thanks guys!