American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

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Nofolkandchance

American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

Post by Nofolkandchance » Tue May 08, 2012 7:05 pm

Id thought I'd post my latest. Its a big hoppy malty american amber ale. Its calculated using Brewmate so I'll have to trust the stats in this instance. Wasnt sure how it would work out as it was inspired as a bit of use up of older, but nonethess good stock. I havent really calculated the total brew cost but ive used lots and lots of hops (by my standard anyway) so its probably cost prohibitive if on a budget.

Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.028
Total Hops (g): 245.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.051 (°P): 12.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.01 %
Colour (SRM): 13.9 (EBC): 27.4
Bitterness (IBU): 29.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill----------------
4.480 kg Maris Otter Malt (89.1%)
0.249 kg Caramalt (4.95%)
0.249 kg Crystal 120 (4.95%)
0.050 kg Chocolate (0.99%)

Hop Bill----------------
30.0 g Amarillo Leaf (11.2% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (1.3 g/L)
30.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (12.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (1.3 g/L)
35.0 g Amarillo Leaf (11.2% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (1.5 g/L)
30.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.2% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (1.3 g/L)
60.0 g Cascade Leaf (7.8% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (1.7 g/L)
60.0 g Centennial Leaf (9.7% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (1.7 g/L)
40.0 g Simcoe Leaf (12.2% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (1.7 g/L)

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with WLP001 - California Ale

Grain shot with a bit of water treatment
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Grain Bill by Pabzki, on Flickr

Mixer at the ready
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Mixer by Pabzki, on Flickr

Doughing In
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Doughing In by Pabzki, on Flickr

Temperature "near enough" maybe a degree too high but hey ho itl be ok in the scheme of things......................
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Mash Temp by Pabzki, on Flickr

60 mins later Sparge time
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Sparge by Pabzki, on Flickr

Collecting the wort for the boiler
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Wort by Pabzki, on Flickr

Boiling Away
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Boil2 by Pabzki, on Flickr

Hop Shots (All Late)
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Hopbill by Pabzki, on Flickr
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Hopbill2 by Pabzki, on Flickr

Gravity check
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OG by Pabzki, on Flickr

Yeasties at the ready hungry as hell
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Yeasties by Pabzki, on Flickr

Into the fermenter after 45 mins hop steep
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Into The Fermenter by Pabzki, on Flickr

Tucked away for a few days at between 19 & 20C
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Fridge by Pabzki, on Flickr
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STC Tem Control by Pabzki, on Flickr

2 Days After Start
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Krausen2 by Pabzki, on Flickr

8 Days after start its starting to clear a bit so ive prepared the "Hop Bomb" (2 sieves tied together) for dunking!
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Hop Bomb by Pabzki, on Flickr
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Hop Bomb2 by Pabzki, on Flickr

Will update in 7 days after a long soak in them hops
Last edited by Nofolkandchance on Wed May 09, 2012 2:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

Post by far9410 » Tue May 08, 2012 9:54 pm

Hi mate, looks great, bet it smells fantastic, I love the dry hop sieves, how big are they? how much hop can you get in? :)
no palate, no patience.


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Re: American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

Post by Lime Corridor » Tue May 08, 2012 10:42 pm

Norfolkandchance, this looks great. Should be a big hop hit. 5 different hop varities all late on! I hope it works out well. keep us updated.
so ive prepared the "Hop Bomb" (2 sieves tied together)
I like 'Hop Bomb' way better, don't destroy the illusion...Dorothy pulls back the curtain in the Wizard of Oz...

LC

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Re: American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

Post by alix101 » Tue May 08, 2012 10:50 pm

Looks like a great brew..super difficult and expensive hops so sip it ,or if it's as good as it looks you will be disappointed when there's only fuggles left on the shelf :wink:
"Everybody should belive in something : and I belive I'll have another drink".

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Re: American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

Post by far9410 » Tue May 08, 2012 10:55 pm

when there's only fuggles left on the shelf
nowt wrong we fuggles :)
no palate, no patience.


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Re: American Amber (Lots of Pics!!)

Post by Nofolkandchance » Wed May 09, 2012 2:17 pm

far9410 wrote:Hi mate, looks great, bet it smells fantastic, I love the dry hop sieves, how big are they? how much hop can you get in? :)
There appox 7" inch and I can get around 200 grammes in "loosely" Smell is overwhelming now, (Simcoe I think so its just as well I used less of this)

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Re: American Amber With Pics (Pics now working)

Post by Nofolkandchance » Wed May 09, 2012 2:20 pm

Pics working now. Had a problem with Flickr?

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