Amarillo Pale Ale (looking for feedback)

[codfishh]

Amarillo Slims Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
Type: All Grain Date: 2012-01-22
Batch Size (fermenter): 22.00 l Brewer: Phillip Whelan
Boil Size: 29.87 l Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
End of Boil Volume 23.87 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 21.05 l Est Mash Efficiency 75.1 %
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 63.6 %
1.00 kg Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 18.2 %
0.75 kg Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 13.6 %
0.25 kg White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
28.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 28.6 IBUs
14.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 5.7 IBUs
14.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 3.4 IBUs
14.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 2.8 IBUs
14.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 10 -
Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.056 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 %
Bitterness: 40.6 IBUs Calories: 487.4 kcal/l
Est Color: 8.7 SRM
Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 5.50 kg
Sparge Water: 21.03 l Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 15.27 l of water at 164.8 F 152.0 F 60 min
Sparge Step: Batch sparge with 2 steps (5.63l, 15.40l) of 168.0 F water
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Keg Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Pressure/Weight: 12.54 PSI Carbonation Used: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 45.0 F Age for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Storage Temperature: 65.0 F
Notes

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[sonex]

personally I like to use all my hops in a IPA at 20 min and later (hop burst) . This method puts all the hops in the flaver and aroma additions. I'd keep total IBU's the same but make my additions at 20,15,10 5,0, and dry hop.

 

[Wolfhound180]

I brewed an all Amarillo ale and I wish that I would have bittered it more. Amarillo is just such a fruity sweet hop that I need some bitterness to cut it. That might just be me though.

 

[codfishh]

Do you think the 28 grams of columbus will provide enough bitterness? I'd like it to be balanced. Is there a better hop combination than amarillo and columbus? I know everyone likes simcoe but it's next to impossible to get.

 

[Wolfhound180]

Do you think the 28 grams of columbus will provide enough bitterness? I'd like it to be balanced. Is there a better hop combination than amarillo and columbus? I know everyone likes simcoe but it's next to impossible to get.

I think that it should be sufficient. There is only one way to tell though!

 

[sonex]

my fave combo is amarillo and simcoe.

 

[BOBTHEukBREWER]

target and amarillo is nice.

 

[cricky101]

my fave combo is amarillo and simcoe.

This sounds good to me. I made an all-amarillo IPA (that I really did enjoy) and I think the addition of some simcoe would help with the somewhat fruity/sweet flavor of the amarillo.

 

[beerandloathinginaustin]

Looks good to me! Brew it up and tweak from there!

 

[permo]

It looks good to me as well....personally I would try to add something with a rougher/spicier profile to go with the amarillo. A touch of chinook or nugget would set it off IMO. All amarillo is so mellow to me.

 

[codfishh]

chinook or nugget in place of the columbus or in addition to. chinook/columbus/amarillo apa sounds like it'd be pretty tasty.