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Kingmaker Amber Ale

170 calories 14.7 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: 7.01 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 170 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 14.7 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday June 20th 2018
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb US - Pale 2-Row7 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 66.7%
1.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L1.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 14.3%
1 lb Proximity - Munich Malt1 lb Munich Malt 37.3 10 9.5%
1 lb American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)1 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 9.5%
10.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Amarillo1 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 30 min 24.83 50%
0.50 oz Amarillo0.5 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 15 min 8.02 25%
0.50 oz Amarillo0.5 oz Amarillo Hops Pellet 8.6 Boil 3 min 2.01 25%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 oz Rice Hulls Other Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 94 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
Local water has noticible Chlorine, so a campden tablet is added to the strike water to remove unwanted flavors.

1 Campden tablet, split between strike and sparge water.
1/4 teaspoon non-iodized salt (to rebalance water chemistry towards malty-forward beer)
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
4 gal Strike 164.33 °F 152 °F 60 min
3 gal Batch Sparge -- -- --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.335 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.34 qt/lb 3.5 14  
Mash volume with grains 4.34 17.4  
Grain absorption losses -1.31 -5.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 5.13 g | 20.5 qt) 5.07 20.3  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.08 g | 28.3 qt) 7.01 28  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 8.57 34.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This recipe is named "The King's" Amber Ale because of the group of players for the board game "King's Dilemma", that the beer is brewed for.

About Striking/Sparging:
This recipe has been aimed at the Robobrew system I use. Since the grains sit a few inches off the bottom in this system, additional mash water is required to reach the desired mash thickness. If you are brewing this in a different system, consider modifying the strike/sparge water calculations.


Initial notes on kegging:
Final beer ended up being slightly lighter than expected.
Upon a taste, uncarbonated, after a day in the keg showed that it came out with a significantly hoppier aroma and more bitter flavor than I expected. Strongly and alluringly aromatic of the Amarillo hops, this takes more like an APA than an amber. malt and mouthfeel are still limited, and fairly thin, I assume mouthfeel and malt flavor would be more present if mashed at a higher temperature, or fermented with a different yeast.


Next time: set temps a few degrees higher than written, and test with thermometer. Use entire water budget minus a gallon on mash, sparge with remaining gallon by pouring over grains (when lifted from the wort).

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