American Amber Ale Recipe - A Hundred Years Ale

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A Hundred Years Ale

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All Grain
3.5 Gallon(s)
4.25 Gallon(s)
30 min
71%
All Grain American Amber Ale homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: Mecca Grade Lamonta, Mecca Grade Rimrock Rye, Mecca Grade Opal 44, Centennial Hop Hash Hops, Centennial Hops, Azacca Hops, Imperial Yeast A43 Loki Homebrew Yeast, Yeast Nutrient, Whirlfloc Tablet, Amylase Enzyme.

This recipe was cloned from Hot Dump Amber Ale.

Fermentables

69% - Mecca Grade Lamonta
4.5
37
3
Mash
15% - Mecca Grade Rimrock Rye
1
40
6
Mash
15% - Mecca Grade Opal 44
1
36
45
Mash

Hops

Centennial Hop Hash
0.5
Plug
FlameOut
0 min(s)
0
0.0
Centennial Hop Hash
1.5
Plug
FlameOut
0 min(s)
0
0.0
Centennial
1
Pellet
DryHop
1 day(s)
10.5
0.0
Centennial
1
Pellet
DryHop
7 day(s)
10.5
0.0
Azacca
2
Pellet
DryHop
7 day(s)
14
0.0

Yeast

Imperial Yeast A43 Loki
80%

Other Stuff

Yeast Nutrient
0
each
Mash
Whirlfloc Tablet
0
each
Mash
Amylase Enzyme
0
each
Mash

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
152
45 min

Special Instructions

1.
Mash 4.25 gallons with 1.28g Gypsum, 2.76g CaCl, 1.3mL lactic
2.
Add 0.375g of amylase enzyme with 15 minutes to go in mash
3.
Yeast nutrient and whirlfloc go in with 15 minutes left of boil
4.
Whirlpool hop is 0.5oz for 15 minutes at flame out and then another 0.5oz for 15 minutes assuming temp drop to 185F
5.
Soak hop hash in high ABV spirit prior to dry hopping

Tasting Notes (2)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 2/16/2019 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Belgian bottle with extra carbonation - pours 3 fingers of foam, dark orange in color. Aroma is centennial hops and sweet tea. Flavor is an orange and grapefruit citrus along with dank hop, but more fruit than hop. I would say that the flavor has aspects of sweet tea to it. Body is medium and soft. Overall I really like this beer as it has great flavor and aroma. As a pale ale, I would give this 5 stars. The age on this has allowed the hop hash to mellow and remove the unpleasant overhopped notes.

CheeseNips

Tasted on 1/31/2019 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours one finger of foam in a hazy, dark orange. Aroma is fruity Centennial hops with candy malt sweetness and an air of bread yeast. Flavor is lacking compared to the aroma, starting with a bitter orange flavor and then morphing into a sweetee orange at the end, more due to the bitterness dying off. The body is thin, too thin actually, given how watery it tastes, otherwise it is quite soft. Overall, I don't really like this beer as it is watery in mouth feel and too bitter. The centennial hops add a nice flavor, but the negatives outweigh the positives. Next time, I won't use the amylase enzyme to address the thin body, and then I'd whirlpool the hop hash at a lower temperature than 180F to reduce the bitterness contribution. 2 atars.

Recipe Facts

A Hundred Years Ale
American Amber Ale
  • 3.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 4.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.049 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 27.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.56 BG:GU
  • 11.1° SRM Color
  • 71% Efficiency
  • 5.1% ABV Alcohol
  • 162 per 12oz Calories
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