Categories
Recipe

Amber Ale II

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 26.00 l
Boil Size: 29.00 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 26.50 l
Final Bottling Vol: 26.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Date: 15 Jul 2017
Brewer: Rhys
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Viaola Mash/Boil
Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.9 %
Taste Rating: 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
2.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1
1.00 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2
6.00 kg Pale Ale Malt (Bairds) (2.5 SRM) Grain 3 93.8 %
0.30 kg Caraaroma (130.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.7 %
0.10 kg Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt (152.3 SRM) Grain 5 1.6 %
18.00 g Dr. Rudi [11.20 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 18.2 IBUs
1.00 g Koppa Floc (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7
10.00 g Cascade [6.10 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 2.7 IBUs
10.00 g Centennial [11.50 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 5.2 IBUs
30.00 g Cascade [6.10 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min Hop 10 5.0 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [11.50 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min Hop 11 6.3 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.058 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.9 %
Bitterness: 37.5 IBUs
Est Color: 12.2 SRM
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 18.72 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE
Est Mash PH: 5.56
Measured Mash PH: 5.20
Total Grain Weight: 6.40 kg
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Target Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Acid Addition:
Sparge Acid Addition:
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 16.69 l of water at 73.1 C 65.6 C 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 18.72 l water at 75.6 C

Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Bottle
Pressure/Weight: 152.93 g
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 21.1 C
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Used: Bottle with 152.93 g Corn Sugar
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 18.3 C

Notes

Changed to use American hops – End of mash was high temp ~72c so got it back to 68c. Too much water added at mash, so had 3L off on the side boiled. Boilded ~40 mins to reduce volume as spectrometer was reading 10 – by end of boil was 14 ~ 1056 og

Brewed for Nationals.