American Amber Ale Recipe - Gourd Ale

Recipe Info

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Gourd Ale

by on
All Grain
3.5 Gallon(s)
5 Gallon(s)
90 min
97%
Ferment at 56F for 2 weeks, diacetyl rest at 62F for 2 days, lager at 34F for 1 week and then bottle.

This recipe was cloned from Pump and Dump Ale.

Fermentables

19% - Pale Ale - US
1.5
37
4
Mash
19% - Vienna - US
1.5
36
4
Mash
6% - Epiphany Olfaction Malt
0.5
35
30
Mash
6% - Epiphany Brewer's Breakfast Malt
0.5
35
39
Mash
3% - Torrified Wheat - US
0.25
36
2
Mash
3% - Acidulated Malt - DE
0.25
27
3
Mash
44% - Pumpkin
3.5
4
20
Mash

Hops

Tradition
0.5
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
6
12.7
Tradition
0.5
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
6
3.3

Yeast

Fermentis Saflager S-23
82%

Other Stuff

Whirlfloc Tablet
0.4667
each
Boil
Pumpkin Pie Spice
0.0933
oz
FlameOut

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
152
60 min

Special Instructions

1.
Mash 7 gallons with Gypsum 2.8g, CaCl 1.8g, and Lactic 0.9mL
2.
Sparge 2 gallons with Gypsum 0.8g, CaCl 0.5g, and Lactic 0.4mL
3.
Mash half of the canned pumpkin (3 cans) with grains, bag the pumpkin
4.
Add the remaining half of the canned pumpkin (bagged), pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar at flame out

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Recipe Facts

Gourd Ale
American Amber Ale
  • 3.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.048 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 33.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.70 BG:GU
  • 16.9° SRM Color
  • 97% Efficiency
  • 5.1% ABV Alcohol
  • 159 per 12oz Calories
Clone This Recipe

American Amber Ale

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.045-1.060 / Your OG: 1.048
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.010-1.015 / Your FG: 1.009
IBU 0
120
IBU: 25-40 / Your IBU: 16
SRM 0
40
SRM: 10-17 / Your SRM: 16.9
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4.5-6.2 / Your ABV: 5.1
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.42-0.89 / Your BG:GU: 0.33

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