April's Amber

Finally got around to brewing up an amber for my GF. Should be ready about half way through April.

I was shooting for an amber a little on the sweeter side since she has been putting up with my IPAs for a while now.

I'm about half way through the boil right now. I'll let you guys know how it turns out.

April's Amber ---

Original Gravity
1.051 / 12.6° Plato

Final Gravity
1.014 / 3.6° Plato

Color
12° SRM / 23° EBC
(Copper to Red/Lt. Brown)

Bitterness
31.0 IBU / 4 HBU


Malt
% LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG °L
52% 4 0 Muntons Light Dry Malt Extract 44 5
13% 1 0 Great Western Premium 2-Row Malt 34 2
13% 1 0 Munich Malt 37 9
8% 0 10 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L 34 80
7% 0 8 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 34 40
7% 0 8 Gambrinus Honey Malt 28 25

Hops
USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA
boil 60 mins 0.5 Centennial pellet 8.7
boil 10 mins 0.5 Cascade pellet 7.0
boil 10 mins 0.5 Centennial pellet 8.7
boil 5 mins 0.5 Cascade pellet 7.0

Yeast
Safale US-05 Dry Yeast
ale yeast in dry form with low to medium flocculation and 73% attenuation

USE TIME AMOUNT INGREDIENT
boil 15 min 1 ea Whirlfloc Tablet

Alcohol
4.9% ABV / 4% ABW

Calories
169 per 12 oz.
misc

Hit 1.051 OG. I pitched the S05 @ 69ish. The sample tasted a little more bitter than I'd hoped, but that should mellow during fermentation.

Now the wait begins.

Just checked the gravity today after 6 days. Down to 1.016. Will probably fall those last 2 pts over the next week. Not too worried about it if it doesn't.

The hydro sample tasted a little more hop forward than I would like. But like I said this is only 6 days after fermentation. Things will probably meld together nicely after a couple more weeks in the bucket.

If it is too hoppy in the end I'll brew the next one with 100% cascade, and skip the centennial.

I'm posting to myself here, but I'm using this as a journal now, lol.

Bottled this up today, got 54 bottles.

I think this is going to be a winner. I can't really taste the honey malt now, but I'm betting it will come through after bottle aging for 2-3 weeks.

Did you mash your malts (esp the 2-row and munich)?

1Mainebrew said:

Did you mash your malts (esp the 2-row and munich)?

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Yes I did. I'll have to look at my notes, but I think I mashed around 154-155 for an hour. Dunk sparged at 170 for 10 mins.

The 2-row is in there just to make sure I got full conversion.