My wife asked me if I could brew an imperial amber ale. After doing some reading I modified my standard amber ale and came up with this recipe below. I would like to hear any input/comments you might have about modifications/changes I should make. I was thinking of using 2 packs of US-05 yeast since this will be a higher gravity beer.
Fear the Red Menace
8 lbs two-row malt
5 lbs munich malt
4 lbs vienna malt
8 oz crystal 40L
8 oz crystal 60L
4 oz crystal 80L
4 oz special B
4 oz victory malt
2 oz centennial hops (first wort 60 min)
1 oz cascade hops 10 min
1 oz centennial 5 min
1 oz cascade 5 min
1 oz cascade flame out
63 IBU's, 1.092 SG
I will probably keep this in the primary for 4 weeks and then transfer to the secondary for 8 weeks before botlling.
Fear the Red Menace
8 lbs two-row malt
5 lbs munich malt
4 lbs vienna malt
8 oz crystal 40L
8 oz crystal 60L
4 oz crystal 80L
4 oz special B
4 oz victory malt
2 oz centennial hops (first wort 60 min)
1 oz cascade hops 10 min
1 oz centennial 5 min
1 oz cascade 5 min
1 oz cascade flame out
63 IBU's, 1.092 SG
I will probably keep this in the primary for 4 weeks and then transfer to the secondary for 8 weeks before botlling.