Squatters Big Cottonwood Amber Ale clone?

[TimpanogosSlim]

Not that I'm sold on the idea of cloning a recipe and brewing it again and again, but it's my favorite amber, and it won the World Beer Cup gold medal for american amber ale this year, so i will admit to wanting a close recipe to brew and adjust to my own desires.

That's what we're here for, right? I mean, more or less.

American Amber Ale, 6.4% ABV, bottle admits to being dry hopped with Cascade.

An old label pictured in the following blog claims 49 IBU, "Bold Caramel Amber Flavor", whole flower Cascade hops, "caramel and munich malts", "Grapefruit Aromas".

The blog claims that fresh hops are used?

http://utahbeer.blogspot.com/2010/07/big-cottonwood-amber-ale.html

reviews here:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/squatters-big-cottonwood/127352/

and here:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28908/72090

Where do i start?

 

[TimpanogosSlim]

No takers so far? OK. Here's what i cobbled together in brewtarget so far. Grain bill based vaguely on Yooper's Broken Leg House Amber - since i know nothing at all about cloning beers or just how much sweetness what amount of caramel malt will add.

In a round-about way i've named it after another canyon, except it's the mascot of the elementary school i attended, which is named after a canyon. I suspect there is something slightly wrong with naming a beer after one's elementary school, but i like the name anyway.

As to how UBC managed 6.4% ABV with an OG of 15.5p (1.063 SG), I dunno what yeast they would have used for that. Perhaps they mean pre-boil gravity? I can say that i don't notice much in the way of yeasty flavors in Big Cottonwood.

Road Runner Amber - American Amber Ale
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Batch Size: 5.500 gal
Boil Size: 6.811 gal
Boil Time: 90.000 min
Efficiency: 70%%
OG: 1.066
FG: 1.016
ABV: 6.4%%
Bitterness: 49.5 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 16 SRM (Morey)

Fermentables
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Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Munich Malt Grain 3.000 lb Yes No 80%% 9 L
Pale Malt (2 Row) US Grain 9.000 lb Yes No 79%% 2 L
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L Grain 1.250 lb Yes No 74%% 40 L
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L Grain 1.000 lb Yes No 74%% 80 L
Total grain: 14.250 lb

Hops
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Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Cascade 6.0%% 1.500 oz Boil 60.000 min Pellet 25.9
Cascade 6.0%% 1.000 oz Boil 30.000 min Pellet 13.3
Cascade 6.0%% 1.000 oz Boil 15.000 min Pellet 8.6
Cascade 6.0%% 0.500 oz Boil 5.000 min Pellet 1.7
Cascade 6.0%% 2.000 oz Dry Hop 0.000 s Leaf 0.0

Yeast
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Name Type Form Amount Stage
Safale S-05 Ale Dry 2.232 tsp Primary

Any thoughts? I really can't claim to know what I'm doing here.