Whats something nice with Amber Malt?

[WishboneBrewery]

I've got a couple of kgs of Amber malt for a couple of experiments, it smells lovely...

Has anyone got a good recipe for a bit of Amber??

[196osh]

I have seen some RIS with amber malt in them if you want to go big.

Four Shades of Stout has amber malt in it too I think and it is lovley.

[WishboneBrewery]

RIS = Russian Imperial Stout?

Hmm, maybe not a stout.

[GARYSMIFF]

My GOLD-SMIFF is in my new Glass jar and is looking mighty fine ( like to look through the clear section), just had a sample and Oh Yes, need to taste next to Crouch V's Brewers Gold to see what I like best, expect mine is a bit stronger.
I am in love at the moment with the US-05 and Brewers Gold Hops, I know there is not a lot of Amber but I'm sure it helps and yes, its a great smell on it's own.


GOLD-SMIFF:

3.5 KG Marris Otter
100gms Amber malt
200gms Torry Wheat
50gms White Sugar
Mash @ 64º


10gms @ 60 Brewers Gold 8.4%AA
10gms @ 15 Brewers Gold 8.4%AA
30gms @ FO Brewers Gold 8.4%AA

Yeast : Safale US-05

[sib67]

I made this version of Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale recently, and it was really nice.

Recipe Specifics
Batch Size (L): 23.00
Anticipated OG: 1.049 Plato: 12.06
Anticipated SRM: 20.0
Anticipated IBU: 54.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75%
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
78.2 3.79 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
10.0 0.49 kg. Amber Malt Great Britain 1.032 35
10.4 0.51 kg. Crystal 120L Great Britain 1.033 120
1.4 0.07 kg. Chocolate Malt Great Britain 1.034 475

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops
Amount Name Alpha IBU Boil Time
90.00 g. Fuggle 4.40 47.6 90 min
20.00 g. Goldings - E.K. 5.80 6.5 15 min


Yeast - I made a 10 Gallon batch, and fermented 5 gallons with S04, and 5 gallons with some Wyeast 1469 (Timothy Taylor's) that I've been reusing since the beginning of the year. Although both yeasts produced a very nice beer, the beer fermented with 1469 was significantly better.

[haz66]

Personnally i`m not a big fan of Amber malt, i put 350g of it in a brew i did last year
and it turned out awefull, for my palette anyway,had to chuck it away, too much burnt taste.
But it maybe ok in a smaller quantity, but the recipe i was doing said 350g, way way too much.

[WishboneBrewery]

Interesting...

I was considering these experiments, but Both those recipes above look good, maybe I'm overdoing it with the Amber???

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Amber Otter
Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Maris Otter	4.25 EBC	5 lbs. 8.1 oz	2500 grams	67.6%
Amber Malt	100 EBC	2 lbs. 3.3 oz	1000 grams	27%
Torrefied Wheat	4 EBC	0 lbs. 7.0 oz	200 grams	5.4%

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Perle	Whole	8.25 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 1.0 oz	30 grams	50%
Perle	Whole	8.25 %	15 mins	0 lbs. 0.6 oz	18 grams	30%
Perle	Whole	8.25 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.4 oz	12 grams	20%
Protafloc Tablet	Pellet	0 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.0 oz	0 grams	0%

Final Volume:	23	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.035	
Final Gravity:	1.008	
Alcohol Content:	3.5%	ABV
Total Liquor:	32	Litres
Mash Liquor:	9.3	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	75	%
Bitterness:	36.567434730912	EBU
Colour:	36	EBC

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Mild Otter
Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Maris Otter	4.25 EBC	5 lbs. 8.1 oz	2500 grams	67.6%
Mild Ale Malt	7 EBC	2 lbs. 3.3 oz	1000 grams	27%
Torrefied Wheat	4 EBC	0 lbs. 7.0 oz	200 grams	5.4%

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Progress	Whole	5.6 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 1.5 oz	44 grams	50%
Progress	Whole	5.6 %	15 mins	0 lbs. 0.9 oz	26 grams	30%
Progress	Whole	5.6 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.6 oz	18 grams	20%
Protafloc Tablet	Pellet	0 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.0 oz	0 grams	0%

Final Volume:	23	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.036	
Final Gravity:	1.008	
Alcohol Content:	3.6%	ABV
Total Liquor:	32	Litres
Mash Liquor:	9.3	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	75	%
Bitterness:	36.567434730912	EBU
Colour:	6	EBC

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Brown Otter
Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Maris Otter	4.25 EBC	5 lbs. 8.1 oz	2500 grams	53.2%
Brown Malt	150 EBC	2 lbs. 3.3 oz	1000 grams	21.3%
Torrefied Wheat	4 EBC	0 lbs. 7.0 oz	200 grams	4.3%

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Northdown	Whole	8.3 %	60 mins	0 lbs. 1.0 oz	30 grams	50%
Northdown	Whole	8.3 %	15 mins	0 lbs. 0.6 oz	18 grams	30%
Northdown	Whole	8.3 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.4 oz	12 grams	20%
Protafloc Tablet	Pellet	0 %	0 mins	0 lbs. 0.0 oz	0 grams	0%

Final Volume:	23	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.035	
Final Gravity:	1.008	
Alcohol Content:	3.5%	ABV
Total Liquor:	32	Litres
Mash Liquor:	9.3	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	75	%
Bitterness:	36.567434730912	EBU
Colour:	53	EBC

All three have exactly the same amounts and keeping the same hopping schedule and bitterness, the idea being for me to taste a new hop and a new malt in each brew.

[Jymbo]

My Thrapple recipe uses 300g of Amber. It's not overpowering at all along with the crystal and it's very tasty.

I'd say that your recipe with 27% of Amber malt will taste very similar to adding a smaller percentage of Chocolate malt. That's what i've found anyway in the past when i've used too much Amber. It might end up tasting like porter, and it could end up with quite a burnt taste. I'd definitely be inclined to cut it down a bit.

[flything]

Oakham Ales - Hunky Dorey has about 300g of Amber in it and is a nice pint, the recipe is in Marc Ollorson's book which is worth getting.

[vacant]

I experimented with amber and caramalt back in June. Way too good to last long, in fact I put the last bottle in the fridge today having given far too much away

Caramber Gamble:

4400 cocktail malt (didn't have any MO)
100 amber
200 caramalt
100 crystal

20g admiral (7g FWH, 13g 90m)
35g fuggles (15m)
10g fuggles steep

Nottingham dry pitched

Ended up with 25.5 litres brew length OG 1042. FG 1009

[WishboneBrewery]

yeah... so Amber is a pretty intense flavour then?
I'd been looking through the Durden Park book and there are some pretty high percentages of Amber in there, maybe I should scale my brew length back to 6 Litres so I don't have something I don't want to drink... though I doubt I'd have a problem like that

Its has so far been hard for me to give too much of my AG brews away, but my Extract Stouts have gone down a treat with friends etc
I'm holding back on the All Grain so far, but I should give some testers to my chief testers at work

Thanks a lot guys