Made Valentine's Day, 2015. First Brew!!! OG=1050 Initial taste was amber sweet with a hop bite. I wanted to try for an amber with not a high bitter but well rounded aroma.
Fermentables
86% - Liquid Malt Extract - Amber - US
6
35
10
Extract
14% - Dry Malt Extract - Light - US
1
44
8
Extract
Hops
Centennial
1
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
10.5
19.7
Cascade
1
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
5.8
10.9
Yeast
Fermentis Safale US-05
75%
Other Stuff
No other stuff in this recipe
Mash Steps
No mash steps in this recipe
Special Instructions
1.Place Amber LME in hot tap water
2.Bring 2.5 gallons of water to boil
3.Turn off heat and add LME and DME stir to desolve
4.Turn on heat and bring to boil
5.Hot Break!
6.Start 20 minute timer
7.Add 1 ounce each of Cascade and Crystal Hops
8.Place Wort Chiller in at 10 - 15 minutes left in boil
9.Add Whirlfloc tablet at 5 - 10 minutes left in boil
10.Turn off heat and cool to under 80 degrees
11.Vigorously pour wort in fermentor
12.Topoff to 5 gallons and temp to between 70 and 80
Two weeks in the bottles... I chilled one and popped the top. It popped slightly (some smoke too), but only slight carbonation. Plan on trying another one next week.
Bottled! OG = 1.054 / FG = 1.010 = 5.78 ABV!!!
I had half a glass (that was left over) and it is a GREAT Amber Ale. Hop Notes are there but not intense (the way I like it). When I brew it again, I would add some hops to the secondary.
Been in secondary carboy for about a week. Took another reading and the ABV went up to 5.78%!!! It still has another week before bottle conditioning for another 2 weeks. This may be well over 6.0%! Tasted the sample and it has a really good bitter hop note. Clarity and color is really nice. Can't wait till this baby is completed...
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Higher ABV than expected...
2/26/2015 2:43:32 PM