my attempt at an imperial amber

here is my recipe for my first attempt at an imperial amber that i brewed over the weekend.....

mini-mash (60 minutes in 1.5 gallons of 170 degree water)

2.5 lbs briess organic munich 10
4 oz caramunich
1 oz pale chocolate malt


pre boil volume was 7.5 gallons



malt additions

6.6 lbs briess light pilsen liquid extract @ 75 minutes
3.3 lbs briess light pilsen liquid extract @ 20 minutes
1 lb briess golden light DME @ 20 minutes



hop additions

2 oz nugget @ 60
1 oz simcoe @ 60

.5 oz columbus @ 20
.5 oz palisades @ 20

.5 oz columbus @5
.5 oz palisades @ 5

2 oz nugget @ flameout
1 oz simcoe @ flameout


yeast (did not have time to make a starter)

2 vials wlp001 (california ale) pitched at 72 degrees


fermenting at 69-70 degrees

final finished volume was about 5.5 gallons

racked to secondary on top of 2.7 oz of nugget whole hops on saturday. bottling this on sunday after being on the dry hop for 8 days.