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Amber Lamps 2024

174 calories 17.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 8 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Calories: 174 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday January 26th 2024
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OG: 1.053 FG: 1.010 ABV: 5.7% IBU: 65

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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb US - Pale 2-Row8 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 57.9%
2 lb Munich - Light 10L2 lb Munich - Light 10L 33 10 14.5%
2 lb American - Victory2 lb Victory 34 28 14.5%
12 oz Caramel / Crystal 60L12 oz Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 5.4%
5 oz German - Acidulated Malt5 oz Acidulated Malt 27 3.4 2.3%
12 oz Belgian - Biscuit12 oz Biscuit 35 23 5.4%
13.81 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
4 oz Cascade4 oz Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 7 Mash 20 min 19.16 39.2%
0.20 oz Warrior0.2 oz Warrior Hops Pellet 16 Boil 60 min 12.09 2%
4 oz Amarillo4 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 5 min 25.9 39.2%
2 oz Amarillo2 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Dry Hop 3 days 19.6%
10.20 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 95 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 2.52 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
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Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
24 5 26 12 17 52
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
3.5 gal Infusion -- 150 °F 60 min
4 gal Sparge -- 170 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.5 qt/lb 5.18 20.7  
Mash volume with grains 6.13 24.5  
Grain absorption losses -1.73 -6.9  
Hops absorption losses (mash) -0.15 -0.6  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.1 g | 16.4 qt) 4.95 19.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.16 g | 28.6 qt) 8 32  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.16 -0.6  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 6 24  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6 g | 24 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 10.13 40.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

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1/31/2024
brewed last night. issues :

  • realized the homebrew store gave me 4oz whole hops instead of 2. used all four in the mash
  • forgot to add mash hops at beginning of mash. added them at the end for sparge and lauter. total about 20 minutes contact time with that lauter
  • warrior addition was supposed to go in for 30 min but i added at the beginning of the boil. i tried to shorten the overall boil to 45 minutes but it ended up being 60 minutes
  • origianlly id had both a 20 min and 15 min additions of amarillo. since my boil was messed up and probably over bittered, i combined the two into a 5 min addition. they still had more contact time during chilling, maybe 20 minutes.
  • those are all the mess ups i can remember at the moment...smh
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    1/26/2024
    gonna rebrew this.

    Last batch was a good game day brew, which I did enjoy. But there was a metallic taste to it that I'm starting to blame on all those old BSG hops. At first I thought it might be the evergreen but I used some other variety in an IPA recently and it had a similar taste. Time to toss those.

    Redoing this recipe to return the hop sched to cascade in the mash hop, warrior for a little bittering, and amarillo the rest of the way.

    Not sure if I should modifying the water more like an IPA, but for now lets just use tap and re-assess later.

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    9/25/2023
    originally this was supposed to be cascade, warrior and amarillo but did not have enough amarillo brewday so supplemented half of it with evergreen. im starting to feel that i dont particularly care for evergreen....we shall see..

    gravity numbers came out about right i believe.

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    9/11/2023

    revamping this for 2023 amber lamps / ale to the commanders.

    adding biscuit malt and adjusting grain bill for about 5.8% abv. going with english ale yeast to go along with the biscuit idea. redo-ing the hops, choosing amarillo sort of randomly. hopping more firmly like a sierra nevada pale ale or almost like an ipa.

    not sure on water, normally amber ale i would use tap but for more crisp hoppy profile i could make some adjustments....

    (side note. despite how bitter and crisp it is, sierra nevada pale ale is only 38 IBU)

    https://sierranevada.com/brews/pale-ale/
    https://sierranevada.com/blog/our-beer/pale-ale-homebrew-recipe/#recipe-jump


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    11/15/2022
    rebooting this again. going back to cascade and centennial combo. considering a more ipa water profile to boost bitterness? not sure....

    adjusting volumes, efficiencies, etc. adding acid malt for ph.

    i like continuing with the english yeast idea

    could consider doing a small dry hop, 1-2 ounces. especially if no water profile it will be less sharp so might could use a little more hop boost.

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    11/2/2020.
    ok well yet again this will not turn out like the original.....brewed this on 10/28. took pre boil gravity at 1.055 but forgot to take OG. based on that i am adjusting the recipe here to get to 1055 pre boil gravity and adjsuting the volumes. also on brew day i was missing cascade so i substituted with tahoma which im predicting to be kind of citrusey? maybe not fitting for amber ale but oh well.

    note to self. might have discrepency with water profile versus whats coming from my tap. predicted 5.53 but measured 5.32.

    before these changes, on brew day this recipe was sitting at :
    pre boil size 7 gal
    post boil size (not set)
    batch size fermenter 5
    efficiency 64%
    pre boil SG 1.047
    post boil OG 1.065
    for a 6.6% abv
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    10/3/2020
    resurrecting this old one. keep in mind i brewed it a 2nd time with adjustments (called his shoe broke) but i remember it being subpar. going back to this recipe. will try to do some work on the water profile (for malty? or hoppy?)
    everything else looks fine actually. it maybe could use a little more hops but also for amber ale its probably fine like this. there were notes in the other recipe about mashing a little higher. maybe like 152 or 153? needs some research for confirmation. could maybe use rva manchester also since ill be using it for another brew.
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    initial recipe notes 12/7/18 : referenced bells amber ale recipe from brew your own december 2018. im reading the victory has higher diastatic power than munich so im going to use more of that. aiming for about 6% and 45 IBU using magnum cascade and centennial based on this amazing beer i had while in california last weekend called daylight by track 7 brewing in sacramento.
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