American Amber Ale Hoppy American Amber or Malty American Pale Ale?

[Malty_Dog]

Delicious. First time with Denny's 50 and I'm impressed. Ended up using it in a porter where it really shines also. Thanks Yooper!

 

[D_Nyholm]

Ended up mashing a bit lower than I wanted to and FG ended at 1.010 using S05, but the sample still tasted great.

Has anyone dry hopped this? I am thinking of using some cascade and maybe a small amount of Amarillo (maybe 1oz and .5oz respectively). Any suggestions from people who have had some success?

 

[DIXIEBOY1]

Ow much water.didyou use with this one? I am shooting for a 5 gallon batch.and aftering pouring over hundreds of recipes and doing tons of research, I am gonna do my first homebrew this weekend and will either do this one or your house brew. Thanks for all the advice you have given!

 

[Yooper]

Ow much water.didyou use with this one? I am shooting for a 5 gallon batch.and aftering pouring over hundreds of recipes and doing tons of research, I am gonna do my first homebrew this weekend and will either do this one or your house brew. Thanks for all the advice you have given!

I use 1.5 quarts of water per pound of grain in the mash, and then sparge up to my boil volume. I start with 7 gallons for a 5 gallon batch in this system, but in my old system I started with 6.25 gallons for a 5 gallon batch.

 

[atimmerman88]

Brewed today with 1272.

High expectations as it is a Yoopers recipe


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[NewkyBrown]

Trying a 2.5 gallon batch of this tomorrow. Can't wait to taste it.

 

[deliveryboy555]

I've primed and bottled my batch and from the second week sample bottles I would definately agree that double amber is an excellent name for this beer! The chocolate malt definitely comes through. I used English pale malt instead of American so not sure if that combo affects the presence of the chocolate malt at all. I would probably dial it down a tad for my next brew just for preference but I mashed at a low temp so that may have something to do with the flavours I am getting!

I would thoroughly recommend you trying it though.

Thanks Yooper, I will be making this one again for sure!

Second time with this recipe. Scaled back the chocolate just a tad and it's smelling and tasting amazing after 2 weeks in primary. OG was about 5 points off the original recipe but the wlp001 has taken it down below the predicted fg and it's all the better for being drier.

Anyone dry hopped this? Any suggestions the lady herself? I'd quite like a piny/fruity aromo and taste.

 

[atimmerman88]

Really enjoying this!

Another Yoopers success


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[frazier]

Anyone dry hopped this? Any suggestions the lady herself? I'd quite like a piny/fruity aromo and taste.

I've dry-hopped it with an ounce each Centennial and Cascade. It was a pine-citrus punch in the nose. Awesome!

 

[deliveryboy555]

I've dry-hopped it with an ounce each Centennial and Cascade. It was a pine-citrus punch in the nose. Awesome!

Thanks! Went with your suggestion

 

[NewkyBrown]

Just tapped this after 4 weeks in fermenter.
I made a big mistake...only brewed
2.5 gallons! This beer is fantastic!
I used normal chocolate malt instead of pale chocolate which I suspect has added a bit too much taste but apart from that it is a great beer for the upcoming winter.
Thanks for the recipe...

 

[redraider77]

Ready to brew this tomorrow but just noticed that the Brewmasters Warehouse recipe I received did not include the Crystal 120L. It's not listed in their recipe database. What impact will this have on the outcome of this brew? Does anyone know? Thanks.

 

[JonM]

It'll be fine - just a little lighter in color and maybe a slightly less caramelly flavor. It'll still be awesome.

 

[redraider77]

Thanks. Really looking forward to brewing this one.

 

[JonM]

I gotta brew this one again soon too.

 

[sladek]

Ok, where'd ya find the golden naked oats? Someone had to ask...

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shop/grainother/golden-naked-oats-by-the-pound/

Rebel Brewers...

 

[Dolomieu]

http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shop/grainother/golden-naked-oats-by-the-pound/

Rebel Brewers...

Lol!!!! I hope he has been able to locate them since 2009.....

 

[lincolnubrewer]

Hi,
I just brewed this past Sunday. I had to make some modification to the recipe base on the ingredients I had. I sampled the sweet wort and it tasted great. Nice malty flavors with caramel flavor in the background. Currently fermenting and it's smells great. Can't wait to drink this as I love malty/hoppy amber beer. One of my favorite is the troeg hopback amber beer. Thank you Yooper for the recipe. Here is my version of the recipe.

2.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 3
7.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4
4.0 oz Special Roast (40.0 SRM) Grain 5
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 6
8.0 oz steel cut oats (1.0 SRM) Grain 7
1 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 8
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (60.0 SRM) Grain 9
2.0 oz midnight wheat (550.0 SRM) Grain 10
0.7 oz Magnum [14.2%] - First Wort Hops 11
1.0 oz Cascade [6.9%] - Boil 10 min Hops 12
1.0 oz Centennial [10.7%] - Boil 10 min Hops 13
1.0 oz Cascade [6.9%] - Steep 15 min Hops 14
0.8 oz Centennial [8.9%] - Steep 15 min Hops 15
1 pkgs East Coast Ale (White Labs #WLP008) Yeast 16

 

[atom]

Hi,
I just brewed this past Sunday. I had to make some modification to the recipe base on the ingredients I had. I sampled the sweet wort and it tasted great. Nice malty flavors with caramel flavor in the background. Currently fermenting and it's smells great. Can't wait to drink this as I love malty/hoppy amber beer. One of my favorite is the troeg hopback amber beer. Thank you Yooper for the recipe. Here is my version of the recipe.

2.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 3
7.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4
4.0 oz Special Roast (40.0 SRM) Grain 5
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 6
8.0 oz steel cut oats (1.0 SRM) Grain 7
1 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 8
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (60.0 SRM) Grain 9
2.0 oz midnight wheat (550.0 SRM) Grain 10
0.7 oz Magnum [14.2%] - First Wort Hops 11
1.0 oz Cascade [6.9%] - Boil 10 min Hops 12
1.0 oz Centennial [10.7%] - Boil 10 min Hops 13
1.0 oz Cascade [6.9%] - Steep 15 min Hops 14
0.8 oz Centennial [8.9%] - Steep 15 min Hops 15
1 pkgs East Coast Ale (White Labs #WLP008) Yeast 16

how did this turn out? hopback is one of my favorites too and i am working on a clone (with yooper's recipe as a base)

 

[snowman_fs]

Thanks Yopper; You inspired me to brew a double batch!

I blended the base malt equally between CM 2-Row, TF-Pearl and TF-MOPA. Subbed in Magnum @ 60, Columbus and Cascade @ 10 and Cascade @ 0 before pitching Bry-97.

Some trouble left me with about 7.5 vs 10 Gal into carboys @ Brix 15.

The Bry-97 and mash should finish near 1.006 for 7.25% ABV. I'll consider dry hopping after I sample it and report back in a couple weeks.

 

[Gold_Robber]

For those of you have brewed this Yooper recipe and her APA; which do you prefer and for what reasons? Thanks!

 

[JonM]

Huzzah! I'm really excited to brew this one again tomorrow! I'm giving 1028 a try in place of the 1450 just because I have it on hand.

 

[snowman_fs]

I'll report back in a couple weeks.

Thanks again Yopper! Tasted great. Kicked a double batch within 2-3 weeks of serving!

I tried to stay true to the original but my mods were:
1. Missed or forgot the Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L.
2. I blended some Columbus and Cascade to replace the Centennial.
3. Used BRY-97 yeast.
4. Used clarity ferm in 1/2 the batch.

Clarity ferm was interesting. It pleased my gluten sensitive friends so I will use it again but it also surprised me by increasing the overall bitterness when I compared them side by side. The "Classic" was very well balanced and an easy drinker, people drank it all night long. The one with clarity ferm I noticed people would go back for a second pint and then stop. Now the target audience was a little different and might be biased to drinking less

I'm aiming to keep this on tap for the fall/winter/spring.

 

[cperry8483]

I brewed this maybe a month and a half ago and have been drinking it for the last couple weeks. I brewed it to the recipe and it's the best beer I've brewed so far. Rich malty backbone with a nice smooth mouthfeel (I attribute this to both the oats and the yeast) along with solid, almost IPA level hoppiness (can't go wrong with Cascade+Centennial).

When I brew it again, I am going to try reducing the Magnum by a third as the only negative I've gotten is that a lot of people who like ambers say it's "more bitter than I'd like." The yeast takes forever to drop too, but I think it adds so much to this beer that I'm afraid to sub something for it. This is a crowd pleaser for sure! Thanks for the recipe Yooper!

 

[jackers252]

Brewed this today, nailed the OG. It's fermenting at a stable 64 degrees. Can't wait to keg it, it smelled great going into the fermenter.

 

[Shawn0522]

Making this tomorrow while watching the Blackhawks parade. Sounds delicious!

 

[Shawn0522]

What a crazy brew day. Should not brew alone and try to watch the blackhawks stanley cup parade. Worst brew day i have had. Time to mash and realized i hadnt crushed the grain. When i did mash in temp was high and over corrected. Finally it was time to take the first runnings. I use gravity set up and once i had runnings going in to kettle i went back inside to keep watching parade. When i came back out I realized i never closed the ball valve and all my preciouse wort was on the garage floor! 2nd attempt saturday night better go better.

 

[Yooper]

What a crazy brew day. Should not brew alone and try to watch the blackhawks stanley cup parade. Worst brew day i have had. Time to mash and realized i hadnt crushed the grain. When i did mash in temp was high and over corrected. Finally it was time to take the first runnings. I use gravity set up and once i had runnings going in to kettle i went back inside to keep watching parade. When i came back out I realized i never closed the ball valve and all my preciouse wort was on the garage floor! 2nd attempt saturday night better go better.

Oh, that sucks! Sorry for your bad brewday, and the sticky garage floor. I hope the next one is better.

 

[JonM]

Huzzah! I'm really excited to brew this one again tomorrow! I'm giving 1028 a try in place of the 1450 just because I have it on hand.

Follow-up! 1028 was good, but I think I prefer the 1450. I definitely got the "minerally" thing people say about 1028, and it preserved a lot of the malt character the way folks say it does, but 1450 just has this magic to it. Next time I'll use the 1450 again.

 

[Shawn0522]

Oh, that sucks! Sorry for your bad brewday, and the sticky garage floor. I hope the next one is better.

Well it better all be worth it! Hate to go through all this on a bad recipe...lol