HB Class American Amber Ale

Recipe Specifications

Batch Size (Gal): 5
OG: 1.055
FG: NS
SRM: 12.7
IBU: 35.6
Boil Time imin) 60
Efficiency (%) NS

NS = Not Specified



Grains & Adjuncts

GrainAmtPct
Muntons DME - Light 3 lbs 42.1%
Muntons LME - Light 3 lbs 42.1%
Crystal 40L 1 lbs 14.0%
Chocolate Malt 0.13 lbs 1.8%


Hops

Hop NameAmtAA (%)Time (min)
Centennial 0.75 10.5 60
Cascade 1 5.75 15
Cascade 1 5.75 0
Centennial 0.25 10.5 0


Additional Ingredients

1 tsp Irish Moss in boil (15 min)

Yeast

White Labs WLP001 California Ale

Process Details

  • Steep crushed grains in 150°F water for 30 minutes.
  • Remove bag, set in colander over pot. Pour hot water over grain bag to rinse, collecting 2 gallons total.
  • Bring to a boil, remove from heat.
  • Stir in mlat extract till fully dissolved, return to a boil.
  • Add 3/4 oz Centennial, boil 45 minutes.
  • Add 1 oz Cascade and 1 tsp Irish Moss and boil 15 minutes.
  • Add 1 oz Cascade and 1/4 oz Centennial and turn off heat.
  • Place in a tub of cold water, stir into a whirlpool, and cover.
  • Put 2.5 gallons cold, filtered water into the sanitized fermenter.
  • When wort drops below 100°F pour into fermenter, leaving the sediment behind.
  • Stir cool wort vigorously to aerate, add yeast.

    Fermentation Details

  • 10-14 days at 65°F

    Brewers Notes

  • Bottling Instructions:
  • Add 1/4 c corn sugar to 1/2 c water in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
  • Cover, place in sink of cool water to chill.
  • Pour sugar solution into sanitized bottling bucket.
  • Gently siphon beer from fermenter to bottling bucket, keeping splashing to a minimum, and leaving sediment behind.
  • Stir gently but thouroughly to mix corn sugar solution.
  • Bottle.