My American Amber Ale

[guidz]

Hi,

My first recipe here. Decided to try Motueka for Aroma.

Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30,0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 24,77 l
Post Boil Volume: 22,88 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 22,00 l
Bottling Volume: 20,00 l
Estimated OG: 1,052 SG
Estimated Color: 28,7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 30,0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70,00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 70,0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3,41 kg Château Pale Ale 8 EBC (8,0 EBC) Grain 1 59,3 %
0,58 kg Château Arôme 100 EBC (100,0 EBC) Grain 2 10,0 %
0,58 kg Château Munich 25 EBC (25,0 EBC) Grain 3 10,0 %
0,58 kg Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5,9 EBC) Grain 4 10,0 %
0,58 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (3,9 EBC) Grain 5 10,0 %
0,03 kg Château Black 1300 EBC (1300,0 EBC) Grain 6 0,5 %
25,00 g Perle [7,00 %] - Boil 60,0 min Hop 7 20,8 IBUs
15,00 g Motueka [7,00 %] - Boil 20,0 min Hop 8 7,6 IBUs
1,00 tbsp Irish Moss (Boil 15,0 mins) Fining 9 -
10,00 g Motueka [7,00 %] - Boil 5,0 min Hop 10 1,7 IBUs
1,0 pkg American Ale Yeast Blend (White Labs #WL Yeast 11 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5,74 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 14,98 l of water at 70,6 C 64,4 C 75 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 3 steps (Drain mash tun , 8,27l, 8,27l) of 75,6 C water
Notes:
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[McGarnigle]

Are you mashing a little low? 148F...am I interpreting that right?

Beyond that, it's interesting that you are using Aromatic, Munich, Rye and Wheat, and no Crystal. My bias toward simplification would choose either Aromatic or Munich, not both, plus Rye seems to drag it in another direction. Wheat might earn its keep through head retention.

I'm personally OK with no Crystal as you have Munich, Aromatic and a touch of Black.

I haven't used Motueka, but they sound like they go great with Rye. Not sure about maltier beers. You say they are for aroma, but 5 and 20 aren't really that.

Still, aside from my question about the mash temp, I don't think the recipe is wrong so much as different, which might be what you want. I'm mostly just throwing out thoughts here.

 

[guidz]

Thanks for feedback.

Mashing low to get light body. Maybe I should go little bit higher than proposed by BS2?

Black is only for color and I choose not to use Crystal to get "crispier" taste. Also, I used wrong word for hops, I meant flavour