American Amber Ale Recipe - Hoppy Amber Ale

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Hoppy Amber Ale

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All Grain
5.5 Gallon(s)
6 Gallon(s)
90 min
70%
Brewed 6/23/2012 - A very hoppy amber ale. Base off a Nugget Nectar clone. It is a little bitter but has good malt to balance. Next time I would use a bit less of the bittering hops. I did a single infusion batch sparge at 154 in a 10 gallon water cooler with a stainless steel braid for the filter. The strike water was 5.86 gallons at 165. 1st runnings was 4.1 gallons, a little more than calculated. Sparged with 3.75 gallons at 185, brought the grain to 167.5.

Boiled for 90 minutes to bring out some of the darker colors. My original gravity was 1.073. I pitched a 2 cup starter made from wheat LME. Racked to a secondary 11 days and dry hopped. Kegged about 14 days later.

Fermentables

66% - Pilsner Malt
10.5
38
2
Mash
16% - Vienna - US
2.5
36
4
Mash
16% - Munich - UK
2.5
37
9
Mash
3% - Caramel/Crystal 60 - US
0.5
36
60
Mash
0% - Chocolate Malt - US
0
34
350
Mash

Hops

Nugget
1
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
13
37.5
Simcoe
1
Pellet
Boil
20 min(s)
13
22.7
Tomahawk
1
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
16
22.9
Centennial
1
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
10
10.5
Willamette
1
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
5.5
3.2
Nugget
1
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
13
0.0
Nugget
1
Pellet
DryHop
14 day(s)
13
0.0
Simcoe
1
Pellet
DryHop
7 day(s)
13
0.0

Yeast

White Labs California Ale WLP001
76%

Other Stuff

Irish Moss
2
tsp
Boil
Fermax Yeast Nutrient
0.5
tsp
Boil

Mash Steps

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Comments

  • ctorx

    This looks delicious. I might have to use this for my next Amber.

    8/23/2012 10:54:27 AM
  • Fresh

    This is an awesome hoppy amber. I need more!

    8/23/2012 3:46:57 PM

Recipe Facts

Hoppy Amber Ale
American Amber Ale
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.076 OG
  • 1.018 FG
  • 96.9 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 1.27 BG:GU
  • 14.7° SRM Color
  • 70% Efficiency
  • 7.5% ABV Alcohol
  • 261 per 12oz Calories
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