I want to make a fairly hoppy amber ale. I am a huge fan of pales/IPA's and that's pretty much all I like. I don't enjoy very malty beers, but I do enjoy and amber. I haven't seen a whole lot of recipes around for this style. I have seen Jamil's hoppy amber recipe and the malt bill is a little more complicated than I want. I want the malt bill to be fairly simple. Also, not entirely sure which kind of hops would work best. I have a bunch of Australian galaxy, chinook, cascade, simcoe, citra, amarillo, and home grown mt. hood. I am willing to purchase more hops for the beer, but wouldn't mind working with what I have. Any recipes or advice you have would be appreciated. Cheers!
Recipe advice on a hoppy amber ale
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That's a nice, simple recipe. Good place to start. I'd maybe make the malt bill a bit more complicated than that. Interesting choice of bittering hop. I like the idea of using chinook as a flame out for a piney flavor. I'd like to make mine quite a bit hoppier though. More additions and a fairly extensive dry hop. Maybe a combo of chinook/simcoe/cascade.
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Wrote this one up relatively quickly.
Recipe: Hoppy Amber Ale
Brewer: Robbie
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.50 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.25 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 12.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 55.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 76.9 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.7 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.7 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.8 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.8 %
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 14.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 12.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 7.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
Not sure if that's too much crystal or not. I'm thinking about dropping the crystal-120. I may also mash around 151-153 so the wort is more fermentable with all the crystal thats in the recipe. Thoughts? A
Recipe: Hoppy Amber Ale
Brewer: Robbie
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 7.50 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.25 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 12.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 55.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 76.9 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.7 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.7 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.8 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.8 %
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 14.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 12.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 7.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
Not sure if that's too much crystal or not. I'm thinking about dropping the crystal-120. I may also mash around 151-153 so the wort is more fermentable with all the crystal thats in the recipe. Thoughts? A
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