American Amber Ale Recipe - American Amber Ale

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American Amber Ale

by on
All Grain + Extract
5 Gallon(s)
3 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
This is modified from from a Northern Brewer extract kit

This recipe was cloned from Irish Red Ale.

Fermentables

12% - Briess Caramel 20
1
34
20
Mash
39% - Liquid Malt Extract - Amber - US
3.15
35
10
Extract
39% - Liquid Malt Extract - Amber - US
3.15
35
10
Late
10% - Cane Sugar - US
0.8
46
1
Late

Hops

Cascade
2
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5.8
41.6
Cascade
1
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
5.8
0.0

Yeast

Fermentis Safale US-05
81%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Bloom yeast in 1 cup of room temperature water.
2.
Crush the grains.
3.
Put grains in mesh bag in 2,5 gallons hot water in 20 qt pot.
4.
Steep grains 30 minutes at 155F
5.
Drain bag of grains and heat pot to boil.
6.
Stir in 3.15 lbs of liquid malt extract.
7.
Bring to boil again and add 2 oz Cascade hop pellets in bag.
8.
Boil 60 minutes.
9.
Add 1 oz Cascade hop pellets in bag 1 min before flameut
10.
Add 1 lb cane sugar at flame out
11.
Chill wort to 95F, remove hop bags.
12.
Pour wort into 6.5 gallon primary fermentor, through strainer.
13.
Fill to 5 gallons with cold water 56F.
14.
Pitch yeast at 72F and stir/aerate.
15.
Seal fermentor with fermentation lock.
16.
Ferment 7 days at room temperature.
17.
Rack to secondary fermentor, condition 2 - 4 weeks.

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Recipe Facts

American Amber Ale
American Amber Ale
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 3.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.057 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 41.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.73 BG:GU
  • 10.4° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 188 per 12oz Calories
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American Amber Ale

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.045-1.060 / Your OG: 1.057
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.010-1.015 / Your FG: 1.011
IBU 0
120
IBU: 25-40 / Your IBU: 42
SRM 0
40
SRM: 10-17 / Your SRM: 10.4
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4.5-6.2 / Your ABV: 5.9
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.42-0.89 / Your BG:GU: 0.73

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