amber / blonde recipe request

[ronjonacron]

So my last two brews were the hoppy amber from here and the dirty honey blonde. Im a pretty consistent brewer, just not quite to the stage of feeling confident completely formulating my own recipes from scratch.

Iw ould like to make something between a pale and an amber. Not too hoppy, maybe around 30 IBUs or so, with some bready biscuity flavor. The amber that i made was delishous, so if i dont get some feedback i may jyst modify that one and post up for some feedback on what i get there.

Ive got 1/2 lb honey malt left over that id like to work into the next batch, honey amber sound good?

I really like dennys fav so ill likely be using that for yeast. Does what im describing fall into english style more?

Thanks in advance for any feedback or pointers.

RonJon

 

[ronjonacron]

just some quick messing around with beersmith, this is what i came up with, I'll likely take out the flameout hops additions if they don't seem needed for the style. And if you guys (or gals) see someone i could work in the 1/2 honey malt, or something to substitute it for would be cool.

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 17.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 40.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.8 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 71.9 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 9.0 %
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.0 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.5 %
2.1 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 6 1.2 %


0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 22.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 11.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 6.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs

What i might do is drop all of the hop additions to 1/2 OZ where they are 1 OZ, and Beersmith says that will put me right at 31 IBUs with a .533 IBU/OG

 

[ronjonacron]

Ok, for anyone who comes across this, i'm going to do something very close to this recipes and use it as a learning experience as i change the hop additions to fuggles / EKG for 15 and flameout(for a future batch) here's what i'm going to brew.

Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.98 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 13.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.8 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 72.7 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 9.1 %
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.1 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.5 %
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 8.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 4.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 17.8 IBUs

Any input is still always welcome, but i don't see any reason why this won't make a tasty brew.