I went down to the local homebrew shop today and purchased my grains ect for my first all grain. I am "copying" Northern Brewers American amber which I have done as an extract kit before. I am slightly modifing the recipe though, the original is as follows:
6.5 lbs Rahr 2-row pale
2 lbs German Munich
1 lb crystal 60
1.5oz cascade pellets at 60 (I think they are 5.5 alpha)
1 oz cascade pellets at 1
What I am doing:
7 lbs American 2-row, he didn't have Rahr and we figured why not make it an even 10 lbs total
2 lbs German Munich
1 lb crystal 60
1 oz cascade whole leaf 9.0 alpha at 60
1 oz cascade whole leaf at 5
I chatted with the shop owner about water volume for mashing and he was saying about 1-1/8 to 1-1/4 quarts of water per lb and bring the water up to 167 degrees or so to get a mashing temp in the mid 150's.
In all it was a good trip to the homebrew store, he had some corny's in stock so I grabbed another as well.
6.5 lbs Rahr 2-row pale
2 lbs German Munich
1 lb crystal 60
1.5oz cascade pellets at 60 (I think they are 5.5 alpha)
1 oz cascade pellets at 1
What I am doing:
7 lbs American 2-row, he didn't have Rahr and we figured why not make it an even 10 lbs total
2 lbs German Munich
1 lb crystal 60
1 oz cascade whole leaf 9.0 alpha at 60
1 oz cascade whole leaf at 5
I chatted with the shop owner about water volume for mashing and he was saying about 1-1/8 to 1-1/4 quarts of water per lb and bring the water up to 167 degrees or so to get a mashing temp in the mid 150's.
In all it was a good trip to the homebrew store, he had some corny's in stock so I grabbed another as well.