APA and American Amber/Red

[TheMumbler]

I am thinking about a double brew day to make an APA for the Saltaire comp and an american Red or Amber using one mash and some steeped grain for the red/amber.

I have some oldish (2011 harvest) Simcoe and Chinook in the freezer and some Amarillo.

My current thought is below:

APA
Brewlength 20 litres
OG1053
FG 1013
SRM 10 Lov
IBU 34 (tinseth)

4000g Maris Otter
250g Pale Crystal
250g Carapils

20g Simcoe (11.9) @ 30 mins
20g Simcoe (11.9) @ 15 mins
20g Simcoe (11.9) @ 0 mins
20g Amarillo (10.9) @ 0 mins
20g Amarillo (10.9) dry hop

yeast: US05 at around 18c

Amber
Brewlength 20 litres
OG1060
FG 1015
SRM 10 Lov
IBU 37 (tinseth)

4000g Maris Otter
250g Pale Crystal
250g Carapils
500g Caramunich (steep)
500g Crystal (steep)

20g Simcoe (11.9) @ 60 mins
20g Chinook (12.5) @ 15 mins
20g Chinook(12.5) @ 0 mins
20g Simcoe (11.9) @ 0 mins

yeast not sure (maybe mauribrew ale), fermentation will be uncontrolled as not enough space in the temp control fridge

This is also posted up on t'other forum, but for some reason I forgot to put it up here...

Any thoughts and/or comments much appreciated.

[testtube]

Looks a good combo for both. Interested to see how they turn out. Is there any danger of this "cat pee" thing going on, read lots, can't seem to figure this phenomenon out in any logical way.

[TheMumbler]

Mash is on...

Brewday

[Rookie]

Last year I made an amber with simcoe, summit, and saphir that came out great.

[TheMumbler]

Thanks for the tip Rookie.

It is brewed now so only the dry hops are up for change in this attempt. Always good to have ideas for another brew though.

How is Saphir? I've never used it.

[Rookie]

Thanks for the tip Rookie.
How is Saphir? I've never used it.

It's a sort of noble hop with a hint of citrus. I've never used it alone, but I really like the saphir/simcoe/summit mix.