Looking for good amber ale AG 5Gal Recipe

Hey there

So I've now made a brooklyn brown ale,heff,pumpkin ale and a stout. Thought I would try my hands at a good amber ale! Just wondering if there are any suggestions out there.

Cheers

Jason
Canada BC

check out the recipe from "Brewing Classic Styles"......Good stuff

Simple recipe but very good!
10 gal. recipe u will have to scale it down

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
18.25 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.8 %
2.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 10.5 %
2.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 8.4 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.2 %
1.50 oz Centennial [10.00%] (60 min) Hops 25.6 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00%] (20 min) Hops 5.2 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.51 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2 Pkgs British Ale (White Labs #WLP005) [Starter 2000 ml]

NAZZ

so here's a 'dumb' question. to convert the 10 gal recipie to a 5 gal batch, do you just cut everything in half? is it really that simple???

thanks -

MikeP said:

so here's a 'dumb' question. to convert the 10 gal recipie to a 5 gal batch, do you just cut everything in half? is it really that simple???

thanks -

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Yeah, pretty much. The hops utilization changes a bit, but not enough to worry about.

Here's one of my ambers I am liking right now:
7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 62.22 %
2 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 17.78 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 8.89 %
1.50 oz Williamette [4.80 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 27.9 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [4.80 %] (10 min) Hops 6.1 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.40 %] (5 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.40 %] (1 min) Hops 0.4 IBU
0.50 oz Williamette [4.80 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops

I know 19% crystal seems like a lot, but it worked out great in this recipe. I mashed at 150, used nottingham ale yeast, and got 85% attenuation. If you use a less attenuative yeast, or mash higher, you could reduce the crystal to 12% or so with good results.

Thanks - i thought there was something in the conversion to do with hop utilization, but wasn't sure how much it mattered.

Looks like a good amber.

5gal batch.

Name Color Weight(lb)
Briess 2-Row Brewers Malt 1.7 8.5
Special B 115 0.5
Briess Crystal 40L 40 0.5
Briess Aromatic Malt 20 0.5
Briess Carapils Malt 1.3 1

Boil for (min) Ingredient Amount
60 Centennial -USA 0.5
30 Crystal -USA 0.5
20 Irish Moss 1tsp
5 Hallertau - US 0.5

Mash Temp 150F
Yeast safale S-04-Whitbread Ale Packs 1
Real EF% 68.0
Oxygen time(min) 3


Original Gravity 1.046
Final Gravity 1.008
Final ABV% 4.9
Color 12
IBU 25

Just finished drinking the batch.

Sounds good.

If you want someting special, try the Mojave Red recipe on this site at: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/mojave-red-112308/

I have personally brewed it and it is awesome. You can buy it in one click from brewmasterswarehouse.com under the recipe name Malticulous Mojave Red - All Grain in the American Amber style in their user-contributed recipe database. Not my recipe, but it does make a nice beer.

I might try it.

What kind of beer do you want to brew? Amber has so much variety in the style, you can do practically anything.

I like to take Irish Red grain bills and hop them like IPAs.

Well I do love a good hoppy beer. When I homebrew 2 oz's just isnt enough. Im sure I will find something!