American Amber Ale (10 B)
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: Recircing pumped about 5l of wort onto the floor! Added 700g more grain and then reduced by boiling to try to get the o.g. back up.
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 95.2 %
0.30 kg Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt (152.3 SRM) Grain 4 4.8 %
5.00 g Citra [12.00 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 5.5 IBUs
5.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 5.9 IBUs
1.00 g Koppa Floc (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 –
10.00 g Citra [12.00 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 5.4 IBUs
10.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 5.9 IBUs
20.00 g Citra [12.00 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min Hop 10 6.6 IBUs
20.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min Hop 11 7.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Liberty Bell (Mangrove Jack’s #M36) Yeast 12 –
Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color
Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.1 %
Bitterness: 36.5 IBUs
Est Color: 11.1 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: 18.88 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE
Est Mash PH: 5.58
Measured Mash PH: 5.20
Total Grain Weight: 6.30 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 16.43 l of water at 73.1 C 65.6 C 75 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 18.88 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.
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