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American Amber Ale

220 calories 19.4 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 13 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 24.5 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Beerguevara.com
Calories: 220 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 19.4 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Tuesday April 10th 2018
1.072
1.013
7.8%
48.3
22.8
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3.50 kg American - Pale Ale3.5 kg Pale Ale 37 3.5 79.5%
0.40 kg German - CaraAroma0.4 kg CaraAroma 34 130 9.1%
0.30 kg German - Melanoidin0.3 kg Melanoidin 37 25 6.8%
0.20 kg Finland - Cara Plus 1500.2 kg Cara Plus 150 35 57 4.5%
4.40 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
11 g Summit11 g Summit Hops Pellet 18.5 Boil 60 min 44.07 35.5%
6 g Cascade6 g Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 10 min 3.3 19.4%
14 g Cascade14 g Cascade Hops Pellet 7 Boil 1 min 0.92 45.2%
31 g / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
22 °C
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
24.5 L Heat to78'c then cool to 74'c and add Temperature -- 67 °C --
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume (equipment estimates 24.2 L) 29.8
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 27.1 L) 32.7
Grain absorption losses -4.4
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 18.9 L) 24.5
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.2
Post boil Volume 13
Volume into fermentor 13
Total: 29.8  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

American Amber Ale
13 litres 6 % ABV
This is one of Beerguevara’a most loved recipes. Its a classic if you don’t mind us saying so ourselves. A delightful amber hue, toffee notes and toasty melanoidins firing, with a subtle American hop character and a balancing bitterness. Delicious!

Ingredients
3.5kg SAB Pale Malt
0.4kg Cara Aromatic Malt (50 EBC)
0.30kg Melanoidin Malt
0.2kg Cara Extra Dark Malt (150 EBC)
11g Summit Hops
20g Cascade Hops
1 x 11.5g sachet SafAle US-05 American Ale Yeast

Mash
Add 10 liters of water at 78°C to the mash tun and allow to cool to 74°C.
Add all grains.
Temp should drop to about 67°C (Add cool/hot water to reach this temp).
Steep for 60 min. Temp should remain constant.

Sparge
(2-Step Batch Sparge)
Step 1: Add 4.5 litres water tot he mash tun at 76°C. Tap off all wort to Boil Pot until water level is just above surface of grain bed.
Step 2: Add 10 litres of water to mash tun at 76°C. Tap off wort into Boil Pot.

Boil
(60 mins)
Boil Size: 20.5 litres.
Boil for 60 Minutes.
Add all Summit hops at beginning of boil.
Add 6g Cascade Hops 10 minutes before end of boil.
Add 14g Cascade Hops 1 minutes before end of boil.

Ferment
Cool wort to 22°C, pour/siphon into fermenter, aerate well and pitch yeast.
Estimated Original Gravity (OG) is 1.055 SG. Ferment between 16-20 degrees. Allow to ferment for 7-14 days or
until Specific Gravity (SG) readings are identical over a 24-hour period.
Estimated Final Gravity (FG) is 1.011 SG. Once fermentation is done, tap off
and bottle / keg.

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