kicks out some serious heat and reduced my brew day massively. Hoping to enter this beer in to the upcoming Welsh National. Fairly successful brew day apart from the trub dam coming loose and the tap getting blocked. Ended up tipping the wort in to the fermentor
(after much cursing). Recipe Overview
Style: American Amber Ale (19A)
ABV: 5%
Original Gravity (OG): 1.052
IBU's (Tinseth): 35
Colour: 28.7 EBC = 14.6 SRM
Brew length: 21 litre
The Grain Bill
78.2% Maris Otter (5.5 EBC = 2.8 SRM) 3896 grams = 8.59 pounds
7.5% Munich Malt (25 EBC = 12.7 SRM) 372 grams = 0.82 pounds
6.3% Crystal Malt (130 EBC = 66 SRM) 316 grams = 0.7 pounds
4.2% Extra Dark Crystal Malt (340 EBC = 172.6 SRM) 211 grams = 0.47 pounds
3.7% Amber Malt (50 EBC = 25.4 SRM) 186 grams = 0.41 pounds
The Hop Bill
29.9 IBU Magnum Flowers (11.8%AA) 26 grams = 0.918 ounces at 60 mins
2.1 IBU Amarillo Flowers (8.9%AA) 6.6 grams = 0.231 ounces at 10 mins
3.1 IBU Chinook Flowers (13.1%AA) 6.7 grams = 0.236 ounces at 10 mins
0 IBU Amarillo Flowers (8.9%AA) 6.6 grams = 0.231 ounces at 0 mins
0 IBU Chinook Flowers (13.1%AA) 6.7 grams = 0.236 ounces at 0 mins
0 IBU Amarillo Flowers (8.9%AA) 37.9 grams = 1.337 ounces at 0 mins (Dry Hopped)
0 IBU Chinook Flowers (13.1%AA) 25.3 grams = 0.891 ounces at 0 mins (Dry Hopped)
Fermentation & Conditioning
Fermentation: M44 US West Coast for 14 days at 19.5 C
Secondary Used: N
Crash-Chilled: Y
Shiny #brewporn – the burner manged to burn my DIY brew stand. Might have to look at investing in the extended legs
Only a small mash this time:
Very vigorous boil – this was turned down:
Bang on target –successful brew day.
